| 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; | |
| v. i. | 1. | To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; - said of bees; |
| 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. |
| Noun | 1. | swarm - a moving crowd |
| 2. | swarm - a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies" Synonyms: cloud | |
| Verb | 1. | swarm - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" |
| 2. | swarm - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" |
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