- throng around
- phr verbThrong around is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑crowd
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
throng around
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throng — [[t]θrɒ̱ŋ, AM θrɔ͟ːŋ[/t]] throngs, thronging, thronged 1) N COUNT A throng is a large crowd of people. [LITERARY] An official pushed through the throng. Syn: crowd 2) VERB When people throng somewhere, they go there in great numbers. [LITERARY]… … English dictionary
throng´er — throng «thrng, throng», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. a crowd; great number; multitude: »The streets were filled with throngs of people (Dickens). Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves are triumph and defeat (Longfellow) … Useful english dictionary
throng — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, abound with, army, assemblage, assemble, assembly, be alive with, bevy, bristle with, bunch, bunch up, burst with, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, collect, collection, come together,… … Moby Thesaurus
throng — 1. noun a throng of people blocked her way Syn: crowd, horde, mass, multitude, host, army, herd, flock, drove, swarm, mob, sea, troop, pack, crush; collection, company, gathering, assembly … Thesaurus of popular words
throng — v. (P; intr.) they all thronged around the speaker * * * [θrɒŋ] (P; intr.) they all thronged around the speaker … Combinatory dictionary
throng — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. multitude, crowd, mob, horde; army, host. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. multitude, mass, concourse, press; see crowd 1 , gathering . See Synonym Study at crowd . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
mill around/about — THRONG, swarm, seethe, crowd. → mill … Useful english dictionary
gang around — Synonyms and related words: assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congregate, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, date, flock together, flow together, forgather, fuse, gang up, gather, gather around, herd together, hive … Moby Thesaurus
gather around — Synonyms and related words: assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congregate, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, crystallize, date, draw up, fall in, fall into line, fall into place, fall into rank, flock together,… … Moby Thesaurus
mill around — mill about people were milling about in the streets Syn: throng, swarm, crowd … Thesaurus of popular words
