locust
To come in a swarmTo come in a swarm.
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» The locusts had destroyed everything in their path.
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1 sensesTo come in a swarm.
Examples
21 sentencesThe locusts had destroyed everything in their path.
The locust made a big jump.
deDie Heuschrecke machte einen großen Sprung. — Manfredo
People are like locusts in the fields.
A swarm of locusts descended on the cornfield.
ruРой саранчи опустился на кукурузное поле. — Balamax
The media descended on the story like locusts.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French loInherited from Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French locuste, and their source, Latin locustam (“locust, crustacean, lobster”, accusative of locusta). Doublet of langouste.
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Forms
locusts, locusting, locusted, locustedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.