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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swarm1 /swɔrm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Insectsa body of honeybees that leave a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- a great number of things or persons moving together:A swarm of reporters descended on her.
v. - to move about, along, or together in great numbers: [no object]The crowd swarmed around the winner.[~ + object]The excited crowd swarmed the winner.
- swarm with, [~ + object] (of a place) to have a great number of;
to abound;
teem:a beach swarming with children.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swarm1 (swôrm),USA pronunciation n. - Insectsa body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- Insectsa body of bees settled together, as in a hive.
- a great number of things or persons, esp. in motion.
- Ecology, Microbiology[Biol.]a group or aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms.
- Geologya cluster of earthquakes or other geologic phenomena or features.
v.i. - Animal Behaviorto 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. - Animal Behavior[Biol.]to move or swim about in a swarm.
v.t. - to swarm about, over, or in;
throng;
overrun. - to produce a swarm of.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English swearm; cognate with German Schwarm swarm, Old Norse svarmr tumult; (verb, verbal) Middle English swarmen, derivative of the noun, nominal
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged horde, host, mass. See crowd 1.
swarm2 (swôrm),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to climb by clasping with the legs and hands or arms and drawing oneself up;
shin.
- origin, originally uncertain 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swarm /swɔːm/ n - 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
vb - (intransitive) (of small animals, esp bees) to move in or form a swarm
- (intransitive) to congregate, move about or proceed in large numbers
- when intr, often followed by with: to overrun or be overrun (with): the house swarmed with rats
- (transitive) to cause to swarm
Etymology: Old English swearm; related to Old Norse svarmr uproar, Old High German swaram swarm swarm /swɔːm/ vb - when intr, usually followed by up: to climb (a ladder, etc) by gripping with the hands and feet: the boys swarmed up the rigging
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown origin |