swarm

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1. swarm - Noun

2. swarm - Verb

Meaning

To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.

Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive.

Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.

To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.

To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.

To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.

To abound; to be filled (with).

To crowd or throng.

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Examples

people were pouring out of the theater Source: Internet

beggars pullulated in the plaza Source: Internet

The garden was swarming with bees Source: Internet

The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen Source: Internet

her mind pullulated with worries Source: Internet

After an environmental disaster, four eccentric friends led by a disgraced baseball player must band together to defend Los Angeles from a swarm of bloodthirsty cicadas. Source: Internet

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