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ALL meanings of swarm

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  • 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
  • noun swarm mass of insects 1
  • verb without object swarm to fly off together in a swarm, as bees. 1
  • noun swarm mass of people 1
  • verb without object swarm to move about, along, forth, etc., in great numbers, as things or persons. 1
  • intransitive verb swarm insects: fly as a mass 1
  • verb without object swarm to congregate, hover, or occur in groups or multitudes; be exceedingly numerous, as in a place or area. 1
  • intransitive verb swarm move as a mob 1
  • verb without object swarm (of a place) to be thronged or overrun; abound or teem: The beach swarms with children on summer weekends. 1
  • verb without object swarm Biology. to move or swim about in a swarm. 1
  • verb with object swarm to swarm about, over, or in; throng; overrun. 1
  • verb with object swarm to produce a swarm of. 1
  • verb swarm to cause to swarm 0
  • verb swarm to climb (a ladder, etc) by gripping with the hands and feet 0
  • noun swarm a large number of bees, led by a queen, leaving one hive for another to start a new colony 0
  • noun swarm a colony of bees in a hive 0
  • noun swarm a moving mass, crowd, or throng 0
  • intransitive verb swarm to gather and fly off in a swarm 0
  • intransitive verb swarm to move, collect, be present, etc. in large numbers; throng; abound 0
  • intransitive verb swarm to be filled or crowded; teem 0
  • verb transitive swarm to fill with a swarm; crowd; throng 0
  • intransitive verb swarm to climb (a tree, mast, pole, etc.) using the hands and feet; shin (up) 0
  • countable noun swarm A swarm of bees or other insects is a large group of them flying together. 0
  • verb swarm When bees or other insects swarm, they move or fly in a large group. 0
  • verb swarm When people swarm somewhere, they move there quickly in a large group. 0
  • countable noun swarm A swarm of people is a large group of them moving about quickly. 0
  • verb swarm If a place is swarming with people, it is full of people moving about in a busy way. 0
  • noun swarm a group of social insects, esp bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony 0
  • noun swarm a large mass of small animals, esp insects 0
  • noun swarm a throng or mass, esp when moving or in turmoil 0
  • verb swarm (of small animals, esp bees) to move in or form a swarm 0
  • verb swarm to congregate, move about or proceed in large numbers 0
  • verb swarm to overrun or be overrun (with) 0
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