thring

== English == === Alternative forms === dring (dialectal) === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋ === Verb === thring (third-person singular simple present thrings, present participle thringing, simple past thrang or thrung or thringed, past participle thrung or thringed) (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) (transitive) To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze. (intransitive) To push; to force one's way. ==== Synonyms ==== (crowd): mass, throng; see also Thesaurus:assemble (squeeze): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress ==== Related terms ==== thrang throng ==== Translations ====