"outswarm" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outswarms [present, singular, third-person], outswarming [participle, present], outswarmed [participle, past], outswarmed [past]
Etymology: out- + swarm Etymology templates: {{pre|en|out|swarm}} out- + swarm Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outswarm-en-verb-voVku6Gp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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