What is the meaning of swarm?

noun

  • A moving crowd.
  • A group of many things in the air or on the ground.
    • usage: "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"

verb

  • Be teeming, be abuzz.
    • usage: "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
  • Move in large numbers.
    • usage: "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
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