Definition of swarms Swarms
/swɔˈɹmz/ - [swormz] -
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What does swarms mean?
Wiktionary 
- swarms (Noun)
Plural of swarm.
Part of speech
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| swarm - a group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores" | ||
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| group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | ||
| swarm - a moving crowd | ||
| drove, horde | ||
| crowd a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" | ||
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Wiktionary
- swarm (Noun)
A large number of insects, especially when in motion or for bees migrating to a new colony. - swarm (Noun)
A mass of people or animals in turmoil. - swarm (Verb)
To move as a swarm. - swarm (Verb)
To teem, or be overrun with insects. - swarm (Verb)
To fill a place as a swarm. - swarm (Verb)
To overwhelm as by an opposing army. - swarm (Verb)
To climb by gripping with arms and legs.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- swarm (v. i.)
To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin. - swarm (n.)
A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion. - swarm (n.)
Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive. - swarm (n.)
Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites. - swarm (v. i.)
To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. - swarm (v. i.)
To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude. - swarm (v. i.)
To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion. - swarm (v. i.)
To abound; to be filled (with). - swarm (v. i.)
To breed multitudes. - swarm (v. t.)
To crowd or throng.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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swarm
To be teeming, be abuzz. -
swarm
To move in large numbers.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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swarm
swawrm, n. a body of humming or buzzing insects: a cluster of insects, esp. of bee: a great number: throng.—v.i. to gather as bees: to appear in a crowd: to throng: to abound: to breed multitudes.—v.t. to cause to breed in swarms. [A.S. swearm; Ger. schwarm; from the same root as Ger. schwirren.] -
swarm
swawrm, v.i. to climb a tree by scrambling up by means of arms and legs (with up)
Wikipedia 
- A swarm is a big group of animals. The term is usually used for insects, but other animals such fish and birds can make a swarm also. A good example of animals that swarm are locusts. Mammals do not build swarms, but herds.
