Definition of throngs Throngs

/θɹɔˈŋz/ - [throngz] -

We found 3 definitions of throngs from 2 different sources.

What does throngs mean?

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Verb throngs, thronging, thronged
throng - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
		mob, pack, pile, jam
		crowd together, crowd to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

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throng (Noun)
A group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude.
throng (Noun)
A group of things; a host or swarm.
throng (Verb)
To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
throng (Verb)
To congregate.

throng (imp.)
of Thring
throng (n.)
A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
throng (n.)
A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
throng (v. i.)
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
throng (v. t.)
To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
throng (v. t.)
To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
throng (a.)
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.

throng
throng, n. a large number of people pressed or crowded together: a crowd: a great multitude.—v.t. to press or crowd: to annoy with numbers.—v.i. to crowd together: to come in multitudes.—adj. (prov.) crowded: busy.—adj. Throng′ful, thronged. [A.S. ge-thrang—thringan, to press.]