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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-throng.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-É’Å‹|-É’Å‹

Etymology
From Old English geþrang

Noun
en-noun

1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude
2. A group of things; a host or swarm

Translations
trans-top|people
Finnish: ihmisjoukko, väentungos
trans-mid
Italian: calca f
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trans-top|A group of things; a host or swarm
Finnish: lauma, parvi
trans-mid
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Quotations
1885 — w:Gilbert and Sullivan|Gilbert & Sullivan, s:The_Mikado|The Mikado
:Perhaps you suppose this throng
:Can't keep it up all day long?

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive to crowd into a place, especially to fill it
2. intransitive to congregate

Translations
trans-top|to crowd into a place, especially to fill it
Finnish: ahtautua, tungeksia
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to congregate
Finnish: tungeksia
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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