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Meaning of 'swarm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Swarm [ n.]
- A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.
- 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.
- Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.
2 . Swarm [ v. i.]
- To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.
- To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.
- To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
- To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
- To abound; to be filled (with).
- To breed multitudes.
3 . Swarm [ v. t.]
- To crowd or throng.

Meaning of 'swarm' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . swarm [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
Example in sentence:
  • a swarm of insects obscured the light;
  • clouds of blossoms;
  • it discharged a cloud of spores
2 . swarm [ v]
Meaning (2):
- move in large numbers
Example in sentence:
  • beggars pullulated in the plaza;
  • people were pouring out of the theater
Meaning (3):
- be teeming, be abuzz
Example in sentence:
  • her mind pullulated with worries;
  • The garden was swarming with bees;
  • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen

Nearby Words:

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