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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : swawrm |
Phonetic Transcription : swɔrm |
Definition of swarming
Origin :- "cloud of bees or other insects," Old English swearm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (cf. Old Saxon, Middle Low German swarm, Swedish svärm, Middle Dutch swerm, Old High German swarm, German Schwarm "swarm;" Old Norse svarmr "tumult"), usually derived from PIE imitative root *swer- (2) "to buzz, whisper" (see susurration) on notion of humming sound. But OED suggests possible connection with base of swerve and ground sense of "agitated, confused, or deflected motion."
- verb move forward as a group
- That's what we are—swarming across the surface of the globe.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- I seem to be aware of a large, swarming vision, amid which I have lived.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- There is no place safe from the swarming, restless race of which I am a member.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The sea is before them, swarming with fish, which they will not catch.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- They were swarming all over us, and how unmercifully they did guy us!
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- They were swarming with men, there were no signs of any panic.
- Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
- A breach had been made through which the Huns were swarming.
- Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
- Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, and such things were swarming in every street.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- If he'd heard about the swarming, he'd have been dressed to make magic for it.
- Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
- The building is as nearly fire-proof as any building can be made, and is swarming with servants.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
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