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US
/ˈswɔɹm/
]
[ UK /swˈɔːm/ ]
[ UK /swˈɔːm/ ]
VERB
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be teeming, be abuzz
The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
her mind pullulated with worries
The garden was swarming with bees -
move in large numbers
people were pouring out of the theater
beggars pullulated in the plaza
NOUN
- a moving crowd
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a group of many things in the air or on the ground
it discharged a cloud of spores
a swarm of insects obscured the light
clouds of blossoms
How To Use swarm In A Sentence
- My ringworm worried her more than the swarms of rumors the local gossips were stirring.
- A swarm of princesses totter on stage, got up like topiary on legs in every shade of scarlet, crimson, cerise, cochineal, each foolishly imagining Prince Charming must choose her as his red queen. Cendrillon; Rinaldo – review
- Insects swarm about the damp light of the street-lamps, their buzzings reflected very slightly in the bitumen below your feet.
- Flies swarmed in the kitchen, and everything was in total chaos.
- The moths swarm together for a moment, then disappear like candle flames going out.
- The irony was wasted on the Americans as they swarmed down the crumbling alleys.
- As a swarm of new dot-com brands try to buy their way to brand recognition, clutter makes it difficult to break out, and it's easy to fritter away advertising dollars.
- ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods
- His super-soft hands and slick moves force defenders to back off and give ground every time he approaches the blueline and he has the vision to find linemate Erik Thorell once the D swarms. Red Line: Dominant start has Canadian Seguin atop draft ranks
- A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.