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aswarm

adj
/əˈswɔː(ɹ)m/

Etymology

From a- + swarm.

  1. inherited from *swarmijaną✻ — “to swarm”
  2. inherited from *swarmijan✻
  3. inherited from swirman — “to swarm”
  4. inherited from swarmen
  5. derived from *swer-✻ — “to buzz, hum”
  6. inherited from *swarmaz✻ — “swarm, dizziness”
  7. inherited from *swarm✻
  8. inherited from swearm — “swarm, multitude”
  9. inherited from swarm
  10. prefixed as aswarm — “a + swarm”

Definitions

  1. Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings).

    • The juniors hurried out like bees aswarm, asking no questions, clattered up the staircase, and added themselves to the embroilment.
    • Over all the more populous districts the air was ever aswarm with planes up to a height of five miles, where the giant air-liners plied between the continents.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA