swarm
1 of 2verb/swɔrm/
Forms:swarms,swarming,swarmed,swarmed
1
to gather or travel to a place in large, dense groups
- Shoppers swarmed into the store on Black Friday.
- Reporters swarmed around the celebrity at the movie premiere.
- Locals swarmed to the market for fresh produce on Saturday morning.
- Mosquitoes swarmed near the lake as the sun went down.
- Soldiers swarmed into the town to secure the area.
2
to be filled or crowded with large numbers of people, animals, or things
- The garden swarmed with butterflies in the spring.
- The lake swarmed with fish during spawning season.
- Her mind swarmed with ideas after the workshop.
- The hive swarmed with bees gathering pollen.
- The old barn swarmed with bats at dusk.