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throng

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  1. crowd                 
 
1. throng \'thro.n\ n [ME thrang, throng, fr. OE thrang, gethrang; akin to 
   OE] thringan to press, crowd, OHG dringan, Lith trenkti to jolt 1a: a 
   multitude of assembled persons  1b: a large number : HOST  2a: a crowding 
   together of many persons  2b: pressure of business 
2. throng \'thro.n-in\ vt or throng.ing 1: to crowd upon : PRESS  2: to 
   crowd into : PACK  : to crowd together in great numbers