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essaim — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  • throng noun A large, densely packed crowd of people.

Senses

essaim is used for these senses in English:

  • swarm A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
  • swarm A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
  • throng A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
  • throng A group of things; a host or swarm.

swarm — full definition

  1. noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  2. noun A large moving crowd of people or animals.
  3. verb To move together in a large, dense group.
  4. verb To be filled or overrun with something, especially insects or people.

throng — full definition

  1. noun A large, densely packed crowd of people.
  2. verb To crowd into a place in large numbers.

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