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adjective
Date: 1830
filled to overflowing ; swarming <streets aswarm with people>
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aswarm — [ə swôrm′] adj. [ A 1 + SWARM1] filled or crowded (with); swarming [the park aswarm with people] … English World dictionary
aswarm — /euh swawrm /, adj. filled, as by objects, organisms, etc., esp. in motion; teeming (usually used predicatively): The garden was aswarm with bees; a night sky aswarm with stars. [1880 85; A 1 + SWARM1] * * * … Universalium
aswarm — a•swarm [[t]əˈswɔrm[/t]] adj. filled, as by objects, organisms, etc., esp. in motion; teeming: The garden was aswarm with bees[/ex] • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
aswarm — əˈ adjective Etymology: a (I) + swarm, v. : swarming boulevards and cafés aswarm with people … Useful english dictionary
aswarm — adjective a) filled with moving objects or beings b) overrun with moving objects or beings … Wiktionary
aswarm — /əˈswɔm/ (say uh swawm) adjective swarming; teeming with …
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be swarming with — the woods were swarming with biting flies Syn: be crowded with, be thronged with, be overrun with, be full of, abound in, be teeming with, be aswarm with, bristle with, be alive with, be crawling with, be infested with, overflow with, be prolific … Thesaurus of popular words
teem — verb the pond once teemed with fish Syn: be full of, be filled with, be alive with, be brimming with, abound in, be swarming with, be aswarm with; be packed with, be crawling with, be overrun by, bristle with, seethe with, be thick with; be jam… … Thesaurus of popular words
