Definitions for swarm
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drove, horde, swarm(noun)

   a moving crowd

2. swarm, cloud(verb)

   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. teem, pullulate, swarm(verb)

   be teeming, be abuzz

   "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

4. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate(verb)

   move in large numbers

   "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. swarm(Noun)

   A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

2. swarm(Noun)

   A mass of people or animals in turmoil.

3. swarm(Verb)

   To move as a swarm.

4. swarm(Verb)

   To teem, or be overrun with insects.

5. swarm(Verb)

   To fill a place as a swarm.

6. swarm(Verb)

   To overwhelm as by an opposing army.

7. swarm(Verb)

   To climb by gripping with arms and legs.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Swarm(verb)

   to climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin

2. Swarm(noun)

   a large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion

3. Swarm(noun)

   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

4. Swarm(noun)

   hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites

5. Swarm(verb)

   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. Swarm(verb)

   to appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude

7. Swarm(verb)

   to be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion

8. Swarm(verb)

   to abound; to be filled (with)

9. Swarm(verb)

   to breed multitudes

10. Swarm(verb)

    to crowd or throng

Origin: [Cf. Swerve.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Swarm

   swawrm, n. a body of humming or buzzing insects: a cluster of insects, esp. of bee: a great number: throng.—v.i. to gather as bees: to appear in a crowd: to throng: to abound: to breed multitudes.—v.t. to cause to breed in swarms. [A.S. swearm; Ger. schwarm; from the same root as Ger. schwirren.]

2. Swarm

   swawrm, v.i. to climb a tree by scrambling up by means of arms and legs (with up).

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1. Warms

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swarm in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swarm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of swarm in a Sentence

1. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

   What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

2. Cynthia Martin:

   Thank you so much for your help, my first swarm that I actually captured!

3. Mark Kaigwa:

   You have a swarm of developers who are looking at business-to-consumer apps but with no roadmap.

4. Li Zhang:

   The high reconfigurability is a key discovery, the nanobot swarm can be operated in a controlled fashion with a high speed, which has never been reported before.

5. Michael Tiffany:

   The ad industry was treating the bots as a faceless swarm, what no one was anticipating is that the bots are extremely effective of looking like a high value consumer.

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