Definition of "swarms" [swarms]

• Plural form of swarm. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarm. (verb)

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• "I was tired and hungry, my face disfigured and blistered by the unremitting attentions of the blackflies that rose in swarms from the river."
• "But the ministers of Theodosius performed, with reluctance, the cruel task which had been assigned them; they dropped a gentle tear over the calamities of the people; and they listened with reverence to the pressing solicitations of the monks and hermits, who descended in swarms from the mountains."
• "And they invaded my field in swarms and droves, crushing the sweet wheat into the earth and with lustful hands ripping the poppies out by the roots."