transcription, транскрипция: [ swɔ:(r)m ]
( swarms, swarming, swarmed)
1.
A swarm of bees or other insects is a large group of them flying together.
N-COUNT-COLL : oft N of n
2.
When bees or other insects swarm , they move or fly in a large group.
A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.
VERB : V prep / adv
3.
When people swarm somewhere, they move there quickly in a large group.
People swarmed to the shops, buying up everything in sight.
VERB : V prep / adv
4.
A swarm of people is a large group of them moving about quickly.
Today at the crossing there were swarms of tourists taking photographs.
= horde
N-COUNT-COLL : oft N of n
5.
If a place is swarming with people, it is full of people moving about in a busy way.
Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
VERB : usu cont , V with n