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Large Swarm Group Verb  Word Origin  Example Bank

Front swarm
Back swarm
noun, verb
BrE /swɔːm/
NAmE /swɔːrm/
noun
 word origin
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~ (of sth)
1 a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together in the same direction

a swarm of bees/locusts/flies
2 a large group of people, especially when they are all moving quickly in the same direction
horde
verb
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1 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (often disapproving) (of people, animals, etc.) to move around in a large group

Tourists were swarming all over the island.
2 (of bees and other flying insects) to move around together in a large group, looking for a place to live

ˈswarm with sb/sth
to be full of people or things
The capital city is swarming with police.

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