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Definition of Swarm
| v. i. | 1. | To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin. | | n. | 1. | A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion. | | 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. | | 3. | Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites. | | v. i. | 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. | | 3. | To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion. | | 4. | To abound; to be filled (with). | | 5. | To breed multitudes. | | v. t. | 1. | To crowd or throng. |
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