Analysis Complete

swarm

/ swarm /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a group of many insects
"a swarm of insects obscured the light"
"a cloud of butterflies"
Type of:
animal group
Kinds of:
infestation plague
Derived:
teem pullulate
verb Sense 2
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"
"beggars pullulated in the plaza"
Type of:
crowd crowd together
Kinds of:
spill over spill out pour out
Derived:
stream flow drove horde
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 3
a moving crowd
Type of:
crowd
Derived:
pour stream teem pullulate
verb Sense 4
be teeming, be abuzz
"The garden was swarming with bees"
"The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
"her mind pullulated with worries"
Type of:
hum buzz seethe
Kinds of:
crawl
Derived:
cloud drove horde
See also:
abound in teem in pullulate with
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
32%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
3
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animal group infestation plague crowd crowd together spill over spill out pour out hum buzz seethe crawl