/ θrɒŋ; NAmE θrɔːŋ; θrɑːŋ/ noun , verb
■ noun
( literary ) a crowd of people :
We pushed our way through the throng.
■ verb
( literary ) to go somewhere or be present somewhere in large numbers :
[ v + adv. / prep. ]
The children thronged into the hall.
[ v to inf ]
People are thronging to see his new play.
[ vn ]
Crowds thronged the stores.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- throng with sb/sth | be thronged with sb/sth
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English (ge)thrang crowd, tumult , of Germanic origin. The early sense of the verb ( Middle English ) was press violently, force one's way .