кише́ть

uncommon #7644

verbimperfective

1.
to teem (with), to swarm (with), to be crawling (with), to be full (of)
Пляж кише́л тури́стами.
The beach was teeming with tourists.
The place is the subject and the creatures stand in the instrumental: улица кишит людьми.
2.
to swarm, to crawl about, to mill about
О́коло корне́й ду́ба кише́ли муравьи́.
Ants were swarming around the roots of the oak.
Subject is the creatures themselves.

Examples

Пляж киши́т людьми́.
The beach is swarming with people.
Мир кишмя киши́т враля́ми и лжеца́ми.
The world is teeming with chatterboxes and liars.
Ко́мната киши́т паука́ми.
The room is crawling with spiders.
Мо́ре киши́т аку́лами.
The sea is infested with sharks.
Моя́ ко́мната киши́т опа́сностями.
My room is teeming with danger.
Кишмя киши́т.
It's swarming like an anthill.
Моя́ спа́льня киши́т паука́ми.
My bedroom is crawling with spiders.
Лес киши́т обезья́нами.
The forest is teeming with monkeys.

Imperative
ты	киши́
вы	киши́те

Active present	киша́щий	swarming, teeming, crawling, infested
Active past	кише́вший	swarming, teeming, crawling (with), infested (with)
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	киша́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	кишев кишевши	while doing (past)