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swarm

swarm
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [swawrm]
    • /swɔrm/
    • /swɔːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [swawrm]
    • /swɔrm/

Definitions of swarm word

  • noun swarm a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony. 1
  • noun swarm a body of bees settled together, as in a hive. 1
  • noun swarm a great number of things or persons, especially in motion. 1
  • noun swarm Biology. a group or aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms. 1
  • noun swarm Geology. a cluster of earthquakes or other geologic phenomena or features. 1
  • verb without object swarm to fly off together in a swarm, as bees. 1

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Origin of swarm

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English swearm; cognate with German Schwarm swarm, Old Norse svarmr tumult; (v.) Middle English swarmen, derivative of the noun

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Swarm

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

swarm popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

swarm usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for swarm

verb swarm

  • abound — If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.
  • agglomerated — gathered together into a cluster or mass.
  • cataracted — a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
  • chock — a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
  • chocked — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.

noun swarm

  • army — An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
  • beehive — A beehive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
  • bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
  • caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
  • clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.

adj swarm

  • crawler — A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
  • filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
  • harrier — one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
  • infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.

adjective swarm

  • annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
  • assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
  • crawl — When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
  • defile — To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
  • fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.

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