swarm, v.
(swarmed, swarming, swarms)
freq. cnt. 6
(swarmed, swarming, swarms)
freq. cnt. 6
move in large numbers
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
pour pullulate stream swarm teem
sample sentences
"people were pouring out of the theater""beggars pullulated in the plaza"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPThe crowds %s in the streets
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
be teeming, be abuzz
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
pullulate swarm teem
sample sentences
"The garden was swarming with bees""The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
"her mind pullulated with worries"
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPThe streets %s with crowds
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
The streets %s with crowds
verb frames
Something is ----ing PP
lexical pointers
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