swarm
/swɔɹm/ verb C2- To move as a swarm.
- To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
- To fill a place as a swarm.
- To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
- To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
- To breed multitudes.
He/she/it swarms · Past swarmed · Past participle swarmed · -ing form swarming
Verb forms
- Base form
- swarm
- He/she/it
- swarms
- Past
- swarmed
- Past participle
- swarmed
- -ing form
- swarming
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Forthwith there was heard a great buzzing in the air, and a swarm of black bees came flying toward her.
A swarm of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him.
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.
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.
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