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swarm
1[ swawrm ]
noun
- a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- a body of bees settled together, as in a hive.
- a great number of things or persons, especially in motion.
Synonyms: , ,
- Biology. a group or aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms.
- Geology. a cluster of earthquakes or other geologic phenomena or features.
verb (used without object)
- to fly off together in a swarm, as bees.
- to move about, along, forth, etc., in great numbers, as things or persons.
- to congregate, hover, or occur in groups or multitudes; be exceedingly numerous, as in a place or area.
- (of a place) to be thronged or overrun; abound or teem:
The beach swarms with children on summer weekends.
- Biology. to move or swim about in a swarm.
swarm
2[ swawrm ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to climb by clasping with the legs and hands or arms and drawing oneself up; shin.
swarm
1/ ɔː /
noun
- a group of social insects, esp bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony
- a large mass of small animals, esp insects
- a throng or mass, esp when moving or in turmoil
verb
- intr (of small animals, esp bees) to move in or form a swarm
- intr to congregate, move about or proceed in large numbers
- whenintr, often foll by with to overrun or be overrun (with)
the house swarmed with rats
- tr to cause to swarm
swarm
2/ ɔː /
verb
- whenintr, usually foll by up to climb (a ladder, etc) by gripping with the hands and feet
the boys swarmed up the rigging
Other Word Forms
- ɲİ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of swarm1
Origin of swarm2
Word History and Origins
Origin of swarm1
Origin of swarm2
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Example Sentences
Lindblad was unaware of her first victory until cameras swarmed her as she nervously snacked in front of the clubhouse.
When the so-called swarm of earthquakes hit in February, she left the island with her daughter.
The contentious hearing, which led to swarms of media, yielded few developments.
“They have colonized my imagination like a swarm of bees,” he writes of his teenage self.
Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, said he was present at a recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in which agents swarmed an apartment building in the 400 block of East 41st Street.
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