Noun
a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies"

Noun
a moving crowd

Verb
move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

Verb
be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

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v. i.
To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

n.
A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.

n.
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.

n.
Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.

v. i.
To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.

v. i.
To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.

v. i.
To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.

v. i.
To abound; to be filled (with).

v. i.
To breed multitudes.

v. t.
To crowd or throng.

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Swarm

Swarm , v. i. [Cf. Swerve.] 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.

Swarm

Swarm, n. [OE. swarm, AS. swearm; akin to D. zwerm, G. schwarm, OHG. swaram, Icel. svarmr a tumult, Sw. sv'84rm a swarm, Dan. sv'91rm, and G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz, Skr. svar to sound, and perhaps to E. swear. 'fb177. Cf. Swerve, Swirl.] 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].

Syn. -- Multitude; crowd; throng.

Swarm

Swarm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swarmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarming.] 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.

4. To abound; to be filled (with). Atterbury. 5. To breed multitudes.

Not so thick swarmed once the soil Bedropped with blood of Gorgon.

Swarm

Swarm, v. t. To crowd or throng. Fanshawe.

To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.

To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.

To crowd or throng.