the woods were swarming with biting flies
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be swarming with — BE CROWDED WITH, be thronged with, be overrun with, be full of, abound in, be teeming with, bristle with, be alive with, be crawling with, be infested with, overflow with, be prolific in, be abundant in; informal be thick with. → swarm … Useful english dictionary
Swarming (military) — Swarming is a behavior in which autonomous, or semi autonomous, units of action attack an enemy from several different directions and then regroup. Pulsing , where the units shift the point of attack, is a necessary part of swarming. Swarming is… … Wikipedia
swarming — adj. swarming with * * * [ swɔːmɪŋ] swarmingwith … Combinatory dictionary
Swarming (honey bee) — Swarming is the natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies (considering the colony as the organism rather than individual bees which cannot survive alone), including the domesticated Western honey bee. In the process two or more colonies … Wikipedia
Swarming — Swarm 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
With Fire and Sword — For the 2010 videogame, see Mount Blade: With Fire Sword. With Fire and Sword Author(s) Henryk Sienkiewicz … Wikipedia
swarming — Synonyms and related words: abounding, abundant, alive with, blooming, bountiful, bristling, bursting, bursting out, close, compact, copious, crammed, crawling, creative, creeping, crowded, crowding, dense, emigration, expatriation, exuberant,… … Moby Thesaurus
swarming — noun a) The action of a swarm. b) A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive … Wiktionary
swarming — n. act of moving about in a large mass (of insects, people, etc.) swÉ”rm /swÉ”Ëm n. large number of insects flying together in a group; mass of honeybees that are migrating or moving to a new hive; large group of people or things (especially… … English contemporary dictionary
crawling withpredicate overrun with swarming swarming withpredicate teeming teeming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
