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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/ ²õ·Éɔ˳¾ /
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/ ²õ·Éɔ˳¾ /
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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In churches and community centers, on private Zoom calls, and at public food giveaways, lawyers and their swarm of assistants, marketers and “victim advocates†are ready and available.
In churches, community centers and hotel conference rooms, on private Zoom calls and at public food giveaways, lawyers and their swarm of assistants, marketers and so-called victim advocates are ready and available.
As soon as the ball was inbounded, guards swarmed on either side.
Elsewhere in the city, there were scenes likened to "binmageddon" when a mobile refuse collection service descended into chaos after being swarmed by people desperate to dispose of their rubbish.
A mobile refuse collection service had to be called off early in Birmingham after it was swarmed by people desperate to dispose of their rubbish.
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