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swarm
has definitions from the fields of biology,zoology
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[ verb ] be teeming, be abuzz
Examples "The garden was swarming with bees" "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen" "her mind pullulated with worries" Used in print (Idwal Jones, "Santa Cruz Run"...)As things happened , Morgan was_installed in the Nob_Hill residence of a magnate friend , whose kitchen swarmed with cooks of approved talent . (Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)Colonel_Frederick_W._Lander , impersonated , will again make his break-neck ride down the steep declivity of Talbott 's ( now College ) Hill and thunder across the bridge to join Colonel_Benjamin_F._Kelley 's ( West ) Virginia_Infantry , then swarming through the streets in pursuit of the retreating Confederates . |
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[ verb ] move in large numbers
Examples "people were pouring out of the theater" "beggars pullulated in the plaza" Used in print ("Editorials"...)`` If the day should ever come that foreign invaders swarm ashore along the Gulf_Coast '' , the account reads , `` they can count_on heavy opposition from a group of commando trained telephone employees - all girls . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Flies swarmed around the bowl of lentils in which he mopped thick black_bread . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,zoology) a group of many insects
Synonyms Examples "a swarm of insects obscured the light" "a cloud of butterflies" Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)But suddenly those hot honey eyes seemed to have everything but swarms of bees in them . Related terms |
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