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thronged

thronged is the simple past and past participle of throng.

Meaning of throng

Verb

throng (third-person singular simple present throngs, present participle thronging, simple past and past participle thronged)

  1. (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
    • By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court
  2. (intransitive) To congregate.
    • […]I have seen the dumb men throng to see him and / The blind to bear him speak:[…]c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
    • Much people followed him, and thronged him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 5:24

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Questions about thronged

What is thronged the simple past and past participle of?
Thronged is the simple past and past participle of throng.

Words near thronged in the dictionary

  1. throneworld
  2. throneworlds
  3. throneworthiness
  4. throneworthy
  5. throng
  6. thronged
  7. thronger
  8. throngers
  9. throngful
  10. thronging
  11. throngingly

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