English Explanatory Dictionary

thring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
  2. To push; to force one's way.

Pronunciation

/ˈθɹɪŋ/

Word forms

thring thrings thringing thrang thrung thringed dring

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

throng condense mass compress

Related words

thrang throng
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