noun, verb
noun ~ (of sth)
1 a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together in the same direction:
a swarm of bees / locusts / flies
2 a large group of people, especially when they are all moving quickly in the same direction
verb [V]
1 [+adv./prep.] (often disapproving) (of people, animals, etc.) to move around in a large group:
Tourists were swarming all over the island.
2 (of bees and other flying insects) to move around together in a large group, looking for a place to live
PHRASALVERBS
swarm with sb/sth to be full of people or things:
The capital city is swarming with police.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for swarm is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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