swarm
noun/swɔːm/
/swɔːrm/
- swarm (of something) a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together in the same direction
- a swarm of bees/locusts/flies
- Gnats came in swarms to torment them.
- a large group of people, especially when they are all moving quickly in the same direction synonym horde
Word OriginOld English swearm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Schwarm, probably also to the base of Sanskrit svarati ‘it sounds’.
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