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swarm

Definition

  • noun: a very large number of insects moving together
  • noun: a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
  • verb: to move in a large group
  • verb: to form and depart from a hive in a swarm
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: throng, multitude, crowd

Examples

  • The movie star was 'swarmed' by adoring fans.

  • a 'swarm' of bees/mosquitoes/ants/locusts

  • The island was 'swarming with' tourists.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I won't do it again, I swear! Please! - What do you think, lads? - Spare the rod, spoil the child. Help me! Someone help! The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him. - What the hell?! - Bugger off! Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel... ...which smoked with bloody execution. (..)
    2005 V for Vendetta