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Pronunciation : Swarm
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition : Defn: To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin. [Colloq.] At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those who could swarm up and seize it. W. Coxe.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swarm
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. swarm, AS. swearm; akin to D. zwerm, G. schwarm, OHG. swaram, Icel. svarmr a tumult, Sw. sv?rm a swarm, Dan. sv?rm, and G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz, Skr. svar to sound, and perhaps to E. swear. *177. Cf. Swerve, Swirl.]
Definition : 1. A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion. "A deadly swarm of hornets." Milton.

2. 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. "A swarm of bees." Chaucer.

3. Hence, any great nimber or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites. Those prodigious swarms that had settled themselves in every part of it [Italy]. Addison.

Syn. -- Multitude; crowd; throng.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swarm
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.

2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude. Chaucer.

3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion. Every place swarms with soldiers. Spenser.

4. To abound; to be filled (with). Atterbury.

5. To breed multitudes. Not so thick swarmed once the soil Bedropped with blood of Gorgon. Milton.

i. [imp. & p. p. Swarmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swarm
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To crowd or throng. Fanshawe.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913