"overswarm" meaning in All languages combined

See overswarm on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overswarms [present, singular, third-person], overswarming [participle, present], overswarmed [participle, past], overswarmed [past]
Etymology: From over- + swarm. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|swarm}} over- + swarm Head templates: {{en-verb}} overswarm (third-person singular simple present overswarms, present participle overswarming, simple past and past participle overswarmed)
  1. (transitive) To swarm over; to overrun. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overswarm-en-verb-KOo~Uh64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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