swarm – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of swarm

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to swarm
Participle: swarmed
Gerund: swarming

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iswarm
youswarm
he;she;itswarms
weswarm
youswarm
theyswarm

Perfect

Ihave swarmed
youhave swarmed
he;she;ithas swarmed
wehave swarmed
youhave swarmed
theyhave swarmed

Past

Iswarmed
youswarmed
he;she;itswarmed
weswarmed
youswarmed
theyswarmed

Pluperfect

Ihad swarmed
youhad swarmed
he;she;ithad swarmed
wehad swarmed
youhad swarmed
theyhad swarmed

Future

Iwill swarm
youwill swarm
he;she;itwill swarm
wewill swarm
youwill swarm
theywill swarm

Future Perfect

Iwill have swarmed
youwill have swarmed
he;she;itwill have swarmed
wewill have swarmed
youwill have swarmed
theywill have swarmed

Subjunctive

Present

Iswarm
youswarm
he;she;itswarm
weswarm
youswarm
theyswarm

Perfect

Ihave swarmed
youhave swarmed
he;she;ithave swarmed
wehave swarmed
youhave swarmed
theyhave swarmed

Imperfect

Iswarmed
youswarmed
he;she;itswarmed
weswarmed
youswarmed
theyswarmed

Pluperfect

Ihad swarmed
youhad swarmed
he;she;ithad swarmed
wehad swarmed
youhad swarmed
theyhad swarmed

Conditional

Present

Iwould swarm
youwould swarm
he;she;itwould swarm
wewould swarm
youwould swarm
theywould swarm

Perfect

Iwould have swarmed
youwould have swarmed
he;she;itwould have swarmed
wewould have swarmed
youwould have swarmed
theywould have swarmed

Imperative

youswarm
weLet's swarm
youswarm

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam swarming
youare swarming
he;she;itis swarming
weare swarming
youare swarming
theyare swarming

Perfect

Ihave been swarming
youhave been swarming
he;she;ithas been swarming
wehave been swarming
youhave been swarming
theyhave been swarming

Past

Iwas swarming
youwere swarming
he;she;itwas swarming
wewere swarming
youwere swarming
theywere swarming

Pluperfect

Ihad been swarming
youhad been swarming
he;she;ithad been swarming
wehad been swarming
youhad been swarming
theyhad been swarming

Future

Iwill be swarming
youwill be swarming
he;she;itwill be swarming
wewill be swarming
youwill be swarming
theywill be swarming

Future Perfect

Iwill have been swarming
youwill have been swarming
he;she;itwill have been swarming
wewill have been swarming
youwill have been swarming
theywill have been swarming

Conditional

Present

Iwould be swarming
youwould be swarming
he;she;itwould be swarming
wewould be swarming
youwould be swarming
theywould be swarming

Perfect

Iwould have been swarming
youwould have been swarming
he;she;itwould have been swarming
wewould have been swarming
youwould have been swarming
theywould have been swarming

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'swarm'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'swarm'

smarm, sward, swarf, swart, warm, alarm, arm, award, awarn, barm,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).
3. The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swirman (“to swarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma. See: Middle English 'swarmen', Proto-Germanic '*swarmijaną', Dutch 'zwermen', German, old spelling 'schwärmen', Danish 'sværme', Swedish 'svärma'.

Verbs referencing "swarm"

English swirl.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] the little steamer is utterly deserted, and the packet is beset and over-run by its late freight, who instantly pervade the whole ship, and are to be met with by the dozen in every nook and corner: swarming down below with their own baggage, and stumbling over other people 's; disposing themselves comfortably in wrong cabins, and creating a most horrible confusion by having to turn out again; madly [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] matted hair; now glancing singly by like giant leeches; and now writhing round and round in the vortex of some small whirlpool, like wounded snakes. The banks low, the trees dwarfish, the marshes swarming with frogs, the wretched cabins few and far apart, their inmates hollow-cheeked and pale, the weather very hot, mosquitoes penetrating into every crack and crevice of the boat, mud and slime on [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] towards Niagara and home. We alighted in a pleasant wood towards the middle of the day, dined on a fallen tree, and leaving our best fragments with a cottager, and our worst with the pigs (who swarm in this part of the country like grains of sand on the sea-shore, to the great comfort of our commissariat in Canada ), we went forward again, gaily. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The night was damp and close, and the thick air swarmed with myriads of mosquitos, which increased the restless torture of his wounds; whilst a burning thirst—a torture beyond all others—filled up the uttermost measure of physical anguish. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)