Syn. — Throng, Multitude, Crowd. Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed. So, with this bold opposer rushes on This many-headed monster, multitude. Daniel. Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng. Milton. I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. Johnson.
THRONG
Throng, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.]
Defn: To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes. I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. Shak.
THRONG
Throng, v. t.
1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark v. 24.
2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. Shak.
THRONG
Throng, a.
Defn: Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.] Bp. Sanderson.
To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng. Robynson
(More's Utopia).
THRONGLY
Throng"ly, adv.
Defn: In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]