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fervilhar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • seethe verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  • teem verb To be so full that something is almost spilling over.

Senses

fervilhar is used for these senses in English:

  • swarm (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
  • teem To be stocked to overflowing.

seethe — full definition

  1. verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
  2. verb Said of a liquid, vapour or similar, or of a vessel holding it: to bubble and froth violently, as though boiling.
  3. verb Of a person: to feel angry or worked up inside, often without showing it outwardly.
  4. verb If a place seethes, it is crowded and full of constant, busy movement.

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.
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