/thrawng, throng/ , n.
1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
2. a great number of things crowded or considered together: a throng of memories.
3. Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.
v.i.
4. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.
v.t.
5. to crowd or press upon; jostle.
6. to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars.
7. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
8. to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.
adj. Scot. and North Eng.
9. filled with people or objects; crowded.
10. (of time) filled with things to do; busy.
[ bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE gethrang; c. D drang, G Drang pressure, ON throng throng; (adj. and v.) ME; akin to the n.; cf. obs. thring to press ]
Syn. 1. horde, host; assemblage. See crowd . 1