thring
/ˈθɹɪŋ/
thring verb: to thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
Verb
thring (third-person singular simple present thrings, present participle thringing, simple past thrang or thrung or thringed, past participle thrung or thringed)
Synonyms of thring
Forms of thring
| third-person singular present | thrings |
|---|---|
| present participle | thringing |
| past | thrang |
| past | thrung |
| past | thringed |
| past participle | thrung |
| past participle | thringed |
| alternative form (dialectal) | dring |
Origin of thring
From Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan (“to press, squeeze, crowd”), from Proto-West Germanic *þringwan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to press, throng, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”).
Words that rhyme with thring
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- sling
- bring
- jing
- ding
- cling
- unstring
- ming
- bing
- ching
- fingerling
- something
- zing
- Byng
- Beijing
- bling
- cha-ching
- ling
- Peking
- peng ting
- Singh
- Tring
- upswing
- abstinence ring
- aswing
- awing
- badelynge
- bering
- Chongqing
- conserving
- ging
- hang gliding
- hing
- ing
- Jingning
- Jining
- ka-ching
- kerching
- Kunming
- mis-sing
- morphling
- pling
- png
- qing
- Southern Ming
- submitting
- tang ping
- ting
- tinkering
Questions about thring
- What does thring mean?
- Thring means to thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
- What part of speech is thring?
- Thring is a verb.
- How do you pronounce thring?
- Thring is pronounced /ˈθɹɪŋ/.
- What is the past tense of thring?
- The past tense of thring is thrang.
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