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1. (n.) swarm
a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
2. swarm
a body of bees settled together, as in a hive.
3. swarm
a great number of things or persons moving together.
4. swarm
an aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms.
5. swarm
a cluster of similar geologic phenomena or features, as a series of earthquakes of nearly equal intensity.
6. (v.i.) swarm
to fly off together in a swarm, as bees.
7. swarm
to move about or along in great numbers.
8. swarm
to congregate or occur in large groups or multitudes.
9. swarm
(of a place) to abound or teem:
a beach swarming with children.
10. (v.t.) swarm
to swarm over or in; overrun.
11. (v.i.) swarm
to climb by clasping with the legs and drawing oneself up with the hands; shin.
Etymology: (1540–50; orig. uncert.)
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| Definition of 'Swarm' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) drove, horde, swarm
a moving crowd
2. (verb) swarm, cloud
a group of many things in the air or on the ground
"a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
3. (verb) teem, pullulate, swarm
be teeming, be abuzz
"The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
4. (verb) pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
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1. (noun) swarm
a large group of insects moving together
a swarm of bees
2. (verb) swarm
(of a large group) to move quickly into an area
Fans swarmed onto the field.
3. swarm
(of bees and other insects) to move in large groups
4. swarm
be swarming with
(of a place) to be filled with large numbers of sth
a mall swarming with shoppers
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Swarm
a large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion
2. (noun) Swarm
especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive
3. (noun) Swarm
hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites
4. (verb) Swarm
to climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin
5. (verb) Swarm
to collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer
6. (verb) Swarm
to appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude
7. (verb) Swarm
to be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion
8. (verb) Swarm
to abound; to be filled (with)
9. (verb) Swarm
to breed multitudes
10. (verb) Swarm
to crowd or throng
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Sense: a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together
a swarm of ants.
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 Afrikaans: swerm |
 Arabic: سِرْب، عَدَد كَبير |
 Bulgarian: рояк |
 Brazilian: enxame |
 Czech: roj |
 German: der Schwarm |
 Danish: sværm; flok |
 Greek: σμήνος |
 Spanish: (abejas) enjambre, hervid |
 Estonian: parv |
 Farsi: خيل حشرات |
 Finnish: parvi |
 French: essaim |
 Hebrew: לַהֲקָה |
 Hindi: झुण्ड दल |
 Croatian: roj, jato |
 Hungarian: raj |
 Indonesian: kelompok serangga |
 Icelandic: (skordÿra)sveimur, urmull |
 Italian: sciame, nugolo |
 Japanese: 群れ |
 Korean: (곤충 등의) 많은 무리, 떼 |
 Lithuanian: būrys, spiečius |
 Latvian: spiets; pūznis |
 Malay: kawan |
 Dutch: zwerm |
 Norwegian: sverm |
 Polish: rój, mrowie |
 Persian: خيل حشرات |
 Pashto: دحشراتو ډله |
 Portuguese: enxame |
 Romanian: roi |
 Russian: рой; стая |
 Slovak: roj |
 Slovenian: roj |
 Serbian: roj |
 Swedish: svärm |
 Thai: ฝูงแมลง |
 Turkish: ... kümesi |
 Taiwanese: (移動中的)一群(昆蟲) |
 Ukrainian: рій; зграя |
 Urdu: کیڑوں کا جھنڈ |
 Vietnamese: đàn, đám, bầy |
 Chinese: （移动中的）一群（昆虫） |
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