THRONG, noun 1. A crowd; a multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; as a throng of people at a play-house. 2. A great multitude; as the heavenly throng THRONG, verb intransitive To crowd together; to press into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to come in multitudes. I have seen The dumb men throng to see him. THRONG, verb transitive To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark 5:24.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI