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swarm

/swɔɹm/ verbe C2

En français : essaimer

  1. To move as a swarm. (intransitive)
  2. To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc. (intransitive)
  3. To fill a place as a swarm. (transitive)
  4. To overwhelm as by an opposing army. (transitive)
  5. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
  6. To breed multitudes.

He/she/it swarms · Prétérit swarmed · Participe passé swarmed · Forme en -ing swarming

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Dans la bibliothèque

A swarm of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 60 · B2
Forthwith there was heard a great buzzing in the air, and a swarm of black bees came flying toward her.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 80 · B2
The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward, while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
These infernal people seem to think that there are no rights of property, and that they can swarm where they like with their papers and their bottles.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 149 · C1

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