swarm (n.)

  1. a moving crowd

    [ Syn: drove , horde ]

  2. a group of many things in the air or on the ground; a swarm of insects obscured the light; clouds of blossoms; it discharged a cloud of spores

    [ Syn: cloud ]

    swarm (v.)

  1. be teeming, be abuzz; The garden was swarming with bees; The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen; her mind pullulated with worries

    [ Syn: teem , pullulate ]

  2. move in large numbers; people were pouring out of the theater; beggars pullulated in the plaza

    [ Syn: pour , stream , teem , pullulate ]

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