Swarm

Quick meaning: Swarm is a noun meaning A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

Meaning

A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

More Meanings

1. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
2. (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
3. (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
4. (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
5. (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
6. (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
7. (seismology) A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.

Example Sentences

a swarm of meteorites

Every place swarming with soldiers.

those prodigious swarms that had settled themselves in every part of it [Italy]

Earthquakes were another concern, particularly after swarms were felt in Oklahoma.

Word Forms

• swarms
• swarming
• swarmed

Synonyms for swarm

Depending on context, synonyms include horde, stream, drove, pour, teem.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drove, pour, stream, teem, horde, beehive.

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