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Noun swarm has 2 senses
- drove, horde, swarm - a moving crowd
--1 is a kind of crowd
- swarm, cloud - a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies"
--2 is a kind of animal group
--2 has members: insect
--2 has particulars: infestation, plague
Verb swarm has 2 senses
- teem, pullulate, swarm - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
--1 is one way to hum, buzz, seethe
Sample sentence:
The streets swarm with crowds
- pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
--2 is one way to crowd, crowd together
Sample sentence:
The crowds swarm in the streets
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