thring

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
  • (intransitive) To push; to force one's way.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thringen (crowd, press, throng) inherited from Old English þringan (crowd, press, squeeze) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (press, push, crush, throng) derived from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (press, hew, beat, push, pound).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*trenkʷ-

Gloss

press, hew, beat, push, pound

Concept
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Ontological Category

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