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outswarming

outswarming is the present participle and gerund of outswarm.

Meaning of outswarm

Verb

outswarm (third-person singular simple present outswarms, present participle outswarming, simple past and past participle outswarmed)

  1. (transitive) To swarm in greater numbers than.
    • No longer I regard ye as my countrymen; / But, tho' your numbers did outswarm the locusts, / As bandits, I would hurl destruction on you.1815, George Percival Bromley, The Rebellion, Or Norwich in 1549, page 38

Questions about outswarming

What is outswarming the present participle and gerund of?
Outswarming is the present participle and gerund of outswarm.

Words near outswarming in the dictionary

  1. outswapped
  2. outswapping
  3. outswaps
  4. outswarm
  5. outswarmed
  6. outswarming
  7. outswarms
  8. outsway
  9. outswayed
  10. outswaying
  11. outsways

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