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Definition of Swarms

Swarm
Swarm Swarm, v. t. To crowd or throng. --Fanshawe.
Swarm
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. --W. Coxe.
Swarm
Swarm Swarm, n. [OE. swarm, AS. swearm; akin to D. zwerm, G. schwarm, OHG. swaram, Icel. svarmr a tumult, Sw. sv["a]rm a swarm, Dan. sv[ae]rm, and G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz, Skr. svar to sound, and perhaps to E. swear. [root]177. 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 number 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]. --Addison. Syn: Multitude; crowd; throng.
Swarm
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. --Spenser. 4. To abound; to be filled (with). --Atterbury. 5. To breed multitudes. Not so thick swarmed once the soil Bedropped with blood of Gorgon. --Milton.

Meaning of Swarms from wikipedia

- Copepods also swarm. For example, monospecific swarms have been observed regularly around coral reefs and sea gr****, and in lakes. Swarms densities were...
- afterswarms, or cast swarms may happen. Cast swarms are usually smaller and are accompanied by a virgin queen. Sometimes a beehive will swarm in succession until...
- geographical region, some swarms occurring in otherwise aseismic regions. It is not intended to be a list of all the swarms happening worldwide. Since...
- the performance of the parti****ting swarms creates a unique, non-identical sketch each time the 'artist' swarms embark on interpreting the input line...
- form bands of wingless nymphs that later become swarms of winged adults. Both the bands and the swarms move around, rapidly strip fields, and damage crops...
- The Swarm may refer to: "The Swarm" (song), a 2012 song by British rock band You Me at Six "The Swarm", song by At the Gates from the album Terminal Spirit...
- solved using swarms of micro air vehicles, which are also broadly investigated nowadays. In comparison with the pioneering studies of swarms of flying robots...
- The Swarm is a 1998 compilation album by the Wu-Tang Killa Bees. All of the rappers on the album are either affiliated with or direct members of the Wu-Tang...
- their earflaps revealed two types of neutrophil swarming: transient and persistent swarms. Transient swarms are characterized by groups of 10-150 neutrophils...
- The SWARM Remote Weapon System (Stabilised Weapon And Reconnaissance Mount) is a fully armored remote weapon system designed and built by the Thales Group...