Showing results for aswarm. Search instead for beswarm.

aswarm

American

[uh-swawrm] / əˈswɔrm /

adjective

filled, as by objects, organisms, etc., especially in motion; teeming (usually used predicatively).

The garden was aswarm with bees; a night sky aswarm with stars.

aswarm British

/ əˈswɔːm /

adjective

(postpositive) filled, esp with moving things; swarming

flower beds aswarm with bees

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aswarm

First recorded in 1880–85; a- ¹ + swarm ¹

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

aswarm

Washington is aswarm with an army of young, eager and ambitious staffers who possess more in the way of swagger and attitude than good sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

The place was aswarm with kindred spirits and budding daredevils.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021

The grooves will be churning, and the mood exuberant verging on ecstatic — especially given a likely parade of guests from a local scene aswarm with party-starters.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2016

Finally, the researchers returned to academia, those halls aswarm with precisely coded language and the affairs of the ego.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2014

Beneath the dubious protection of the fish-ridden little castle lay the village of Lordsport, its harbor aswarm with ships.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023