Definition of swarm
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a : a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
b : a colony of honeybees settled in a hive
2a : a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion : throng swarms of sightseers a swarm of locusts a swarm of meteors
b : a number of similar geologic features or phenomena close together in space or time
a swarm of dikes an earthquake swarm
swarm
verb (1)swarmed; swarming; swarms
Definition of swarm (Entry 2 of 3)
1 : to form and depart from a hive in a swarm
2a : to move or assemble in a crowd : throng
b : to hover about in the manner of a bee in a swarm
3 : to contain a swarm : teem swarming with bugs
1 : to fill with a swarm
2 : to beset or surround in a swarm
players swarming the quarterback
swarm
verb (2)swarmed; swarming; swarms
Definition of swarm (Entry 3 of 3)
: to climb with the hands and feet specifically : shin swarm up a pole
: to climb up : mount
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The first known use of swarm was before the 12th century
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