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👥 A large crowd 🫳 To force 🚶 To crowd together 🤏 To squeeze tightly
to thring

to thring

9.9
To crowd into a place in large numbers
  • verb
  • Archaic
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  • Excited fans began to thring into the concert hall as soon as the doors opened.

Examples

  • Shoppers thringed around the entrance, eager for the store's grand opening.

  • The crowd began to thring around the stage.

  • During the festival, people thring together in the main square to watch the parade.

  • Don't thring too close to the edge!

  • Excited fans began to thring into the concert hall as soon as the doors opened.

  • During the festival, people thring together in the main square to watch the parade.

  • The crowd began to thring around the stage.

Synonyms

to pack
vsto thring
278 2.3

To press things together so they take less space

stresses large numbers pressed into limited space rather than neat arrangement
to crowd
vsto thring
175 1.6

To move many people or animals into a small space

highlights pressing many into a confined area rather than merely gathering
to press
vsto thring
141 2.7

Move close together and push forward in a crowd

focuses on dense gathering in large numbers without implying force
to bunch up
vsto thring
8 3.3

To gather closely into a tight group

refers to many people forced into confined space instead of small grouping
to throng
vsto thring
7 6.4

To gather closely in large numbers in a place

is about forcing many into a confined space rather than just being together
to bunch together
vsto thring
5 3.1

To move or bring close together to form a small group

is about large masses pressed into tight spaces rather than small clusters
to smush
vsto thring
  • Informal
5 7.8

To press people or things together into a small space

describes mass gathering into a confined space rather than crushing

Antonyms

to release
∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

How Crowded

to thring
  • Archaic
9.9
to crowd
175 1.6
to cluster
41 3.5
to gather
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

thring infinitive
thringing present participle
thrings third person singular
thrang past
thrang past participle

Etymology

Thring originally meant 'to press or crowd together' and is like the word throng that shows people packed tightly. So to thring into a place is to push in and gather in large numbers.