·vt To crowd or throng.
II. Swarm ·vi To breed multitudes.
III. Swarm ·vi To Abound; to be filled (with).
IV. Swarm ·vi To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
V. Swarm ·noun A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.
VI. Swarm ·vi To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
VII. Swarm ·vi To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body;
— said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.
VIII. Swarm ·vi To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. ·see Shin.
IX. Swarm ·noun Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.
X. Swarm ·noun 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.