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throngs

throngs is the plural of throng.

throngs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throng.

Meaning of throng

Noun

throng (plural throngs)

  1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
    • Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
      The lowest of your throng.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Synonyms:
    crowd, multitude
  2. A group of things; a host or swarm.
    • Bloody corpses, broken bones reveal / A throng of clashes crushed, our nightmare sealed / Amongst the shadows and the stones2020, “Amongst the Shadows & the Stones”, in What the Dead Men Say, performed by Trivium

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Questions about throngs

What is throngs the plural of?
Throngs is the plural of throng.

Words near throngs in the dictionary

  1. throngful
  2. thronging
  3. throngingly
  4. throngings
  5. throngly
  6. throngs
  7. throngy
  8. Thronie
  9. Thronies
  10. throning
  11. thronize

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