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swarm
What does swarm mean?
swarm (verb): to teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use swarm in a sentence?
- The garden was swarming with bees. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce swarm?
/swɔɹm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does swarm come from?
From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “swarm” mean?
bring into common action, movement, or condition
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to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
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show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
Not quite: that's what exhibit means.
to teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc
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