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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