Crowd+or+swarm
11Swarm — Swarm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swarming}.] 1. To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng …
12Swarm — Swarm, v. t. To crowd or throng. Fanshawe. [1913 Webster] …
13Crowd — Crowd, v. i. 1. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng. [1913 Webster] The whole company crowded about the fire. Addison. [1913 Webster] Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.… …
14crowd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gathering, concourse, horde, press, mass, gang, mob, multitude; host, herd, swarm, rout, crush, throng; informal, set, coterie, clique; populace, rabble, hoi polloi. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n …
15swarm — swarm1 [swo:m US swo:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: swearm] 1.) a large group of insects, especially ↑bees, moving together 2.) a crowd of people who are moving quickly swarm of ▪ Swarms of tourists jostled through the square. swarm 2 swarm2 v …
16swarm — 1 noun (C) 1 a large group of insects, especially bees, or animals moving together 2 a crowd of people who are moving quickly (+ of): Swarms of tourists jostled through the square. 2 verb (I) 1 (always + adv/prep) if people swarm somewhere, they… …
17swarm — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram swarm and probably to Latin susurrus hum Date: before 12th century 1. a. a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a… …
18crowd — 1. noun 1) a crowd of people Syn: throng, horde, mass, multitude, host, army, battalion, herd, flock, drove, swarm, sea, troupe, pack, press, crush, mob, rabble; …
19crowd — 1. noun 1) a crowd gathered Syn: throng, horde, mass, multitude, host, army, swarm, mob, rabble; informal gaggle 2) they re a nice crowd Syn: group, set …
20swarm — I UK [swɔː(r)m] / US [swɔrm] verb [intransitive] Word forms swarm : present tense I/you/we/they swarm he/she/it swarms present participle swarming past tense swarmed past participle swarmed 1) to go somewhere as part of a large crowd Fans swarmed …
