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aswarm

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈswɔː(ɹ)m/
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m

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adj

Meaning 1

Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1882, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, “Ben Jonson,” in Tristram of Lyonesse, and other poems, Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1904, p. 309, The mountain where thy Muse’s feet made warm Those lawns that revelled with her dance divine Shines yet with fire as it was wont to shine From tossing torches round the dance aswarm.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: swarming

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarmaz Old English swearm Middle English swarm English swarm English aswarm From a- + swarm.