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Antonyms for swarming

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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for swarming

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