swarm
verb/swɔːm/
/swɔːrm/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they swarm | /swɔːm/ /swɔːrm/ |
| he / she / it swarms | /swɔːmz/ /swɔːrmz/ |
| past simple swarmed | /swɔːmd/ /swɔːrmd/ |
| past participle swarmed | /swɔːmd/ /swɔːrmd/ |
| -ing form swarming | /ˈswɔːmɪŋ/ /ˈswɔːrmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (often disapproving) (of people, animals, etc.) to move around in a large group
- Tourists were swarming all over the island.
- Police swarmed into the building.
- (of bees and other flying insects) to move around together in a large group, looking for a place to live
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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