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to swarm
01
to gather or travel to a place in large, dense groups
Intransitive: to swarm somewhere
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
swarm
3rd person singular
swarms
Present participle
swarming
Past simple
swarmed
Past participle
swarmed
Examples
Shoppers swarmed into the store on Black Friday.
02
to be filled or crowded with large numbers of people, animals, or things
Intransitive: to swarm with sth
Examples
The garden swarmed with butterflies in the spring.
Swarm
01
a large group of insects moving together in the same direction
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Animal
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
swarms
Examples
A swarm of bees flew out of the hive.
02
a large, moving crowd of people
Examples
A swarm of fans rushed to the stage when the band appeared.
