\Throng\, n. [OE. [thorn]rong, [thorn]rang, AS.
ge[thorn]rang, fr. [thorn]ringan to crowd, to press; akin to
OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel.
[thorn]ryngva, [thorn]r["o]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G.
drang a throng, press, Icel. [thorn]r["o]ng a throng, Lith.
trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. {Thring}.]
1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or
   pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
Syn: {Throng}, {Multitude}, {Crowd}.
Usage: Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng
       is a large number of persons who are gathered or are
       moving together in a collective body; a crowd is
       composed of a large or small number of persons who
       press together so as to bring their bodies into
       immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed
       multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the
       crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these
       distinctions are not carefully observed.
             So, with this bold opposer rushes on This
             many-headed monster, multitude.   --Daniel.
             Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The
             lowest of your throng.            --Milton.
             I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
             From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
                                               --Johnson.

\Throng\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thronged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thronging}.]
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a
multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
      I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. --Shak.

\Throng\, v. t.
1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a
   crowd of living beings.
         Much people followed him, and thronged him. --Mark
                                               v. 24.
2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing
   into, as a hall or a street. --Shak.

\Throng\, a.
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.] --Bp. Sanderson.
      To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.
                                               --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).