swarm

swarm around (someone or something)

To crowd closely around someone or something. The kids always swarm around the ice cream truck in the summertime. Screaming fans swarmed around the singer as he left the building.
See also: around, swarm

swarm in(to) (something or some place)

To move in(to some place or thing) very quickly and in great numbers. Customers swarmed in the moment we opened our doors for our huge Black Friday sale. Bugs began swarming into the house through the open window. Police swarmed in the building to apprehend the suspect.
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swarm out (of something or some place)

To move out (of some place or thing) very quickly and in great numbers. Students swarmed out the moment the final bell of the year rang. Bees began swarming out of the hive after we accidentally hit it with a baseball.
See also: out, something, swarm

swarm over (someone or something)

To crawl or gather on top of someone or something in great numbers. Players from both teams swarmed over the ball after the quarterback's fumble. All you could see was rats swarming over the pile of garbage. Mosquitos swarmed over us at the picnic, until eventually we had to pack up and leave.
See also: over, swarm

swarm through (something or some place)

To move through something or some place very quickly and in great numbers. Students began swarming through the doors of the school as soon as the last bell of the year rang. Dogs swarmed through the fields and woods in search of the suspect.
See also: swarm, through

swarm with (someone or something)

To be filled or covered with a huge number of people or things. I nearly died of fright to discover our trashcan was swarming with cockroaches. The beaches in this town are swarming with people in the summer, so it's actually nicer to be here in the offseason.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

swarm (all) over someone or something

to gather and move all about on someone or throughout something or some place. The ants swarmed all over our picnic table. The children swarmed over the furniture.
See also: over, swarm

swarm around someone or something

to gather or crowd around someone or something, in the manner of a swarm of bees. The little children swarmed around the lady with the candy. The bees swarmed around the flowers.
See also: around, swarm

swarm in(to something)

[for a throng] to crowd into something or some place. People were swarming into the auditorium to hear the guitarist. They swarmed in and ran for the best seats.
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swarm out of something

to move out of something in great numbers. The bees swarmed out of the hive. People swarmed out of the park at the end of the game.
See also: of, out, swarm

swarm through something

to gather in a crowd and move through something or some place. The shoppers swarmed through the store, buying everything in sight. The locusts swarmed through the field, eating the entire harvest.
See also: swarm, through

swarm with someone or something

to be abundant or crowded with moving people or things. The playground was swarming with children, and I couldn't find my own. The picnic blanket swarmed with ants.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

swarm with

v.
To be full of some things or some people; abound or teem with some things or some people: The rotten log swarmed with insects. The courtroom is swarming with reporters.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • gaze around at (someone or something)
  • find way around
  • crowd around
  • crowd around (someone or something)
  • bomb around
  • collect around
  • collect around (someone or something)
  • cluster
  • cluster around
  • cluster around (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
A couple of days before the swarm descended, Andrew says he came across a queen bee in the house.
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Co-led by Dr Sabine Hauert, the engineers took advantage of the recent advances in high performance mobile computing, to build a swarm of robots inspired by those in nature.
University of Bristol: Inspired from nature - robots can now learn to swarm on the go
When she came down to street level, the shape-shifting grey swarm was still outside.
BUZZ AT BOOZER AS BEES SWARM PUB
Even if this was just a scouting swarm, they should be treated with extreme caution as they will sting if they feel threatened.
Giant swarm of wasps descends on city street
"They stay there quite happily." The swarm, which is about the average size for this time of year according to Brian, could have contained around 20,000 bees and one queen.
Hive of activity as van abuzz with bee swarm
The prime season for this to happen is in spring and the swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
Woman and children too terrified to go outside after thousands of bees invade home; "The children have been going to their nan's to have a shower because they are too scared to go in the bathroom"
Long periods of rain in the neighbouring country of Sudan sparked the outbreak - and now the swarm is expected to make its way to Egypt and around the Red Sea.
Egypt about to be hit by a 'biblical' plague of locusts; Long periods of rain around neighbouring countries Sudan and Eritrea has sparked outbreak - which has been likened to one of the 10 plagues described in the Bible
The FAO predicts that breeding will continue in February, generating new swarms. Adult locust swarms can fly up to 150 kilometres per day with the wind, while a very small swarm eats the same amount of food in one day as about 35,000 people.
FAO warns of desert locust raids in Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
A la carte swarms Dividing a swarm into multiple tasks to achieve a desired outcome is very similar to virtualization.
Preparing for tomorrow's cyber threats
Swarm Technologies aims at sending up to hundred satellites into orbit to beam global internet coverage to Earth for connected devices.
FCC levies fine on space startup for illegal satellite launch
It tends to "swarm" spreading rapidly over the surface of solid media.
Effect of sub MIC for Imipenem, Amikacin and Cefixime on Growth and Swarming of Proteus mirabilis
Swarm Fund, a provider of tokenised private equity, has entered an agreement to list security tokens on OpenFinance Network (OFN), the trading platform for tokenised securities.
Swarm Fund joins OpenFinance Network
Just as birds occupy birdhouses, honeybee swarms will move into larger boxes (called bait hives or swarm traps) hung on trees in the springtime.
Bringing Home the Bees: With a swarm trap for wild bees, you won't need to pay top dollar for bee nucs or packages
"He established that it is a swarm of honey bees - there is no hive or nest.
Bees cause buzz near school
A swarm of honey bees engulfed a quiet cul-de-sac "like something from a Biblical plague".
Swarm of honey bees engulf quiet cul-de-sac 'like something from Biblical plague'; The insects were captured on video in the hot weather on Sunday evening :: The swarm sounded 'like a really loud lawn mower' according to one toddler