swarm
swarm (swôrm)
noun
- a large number of bees, led by a queen, leaving one hive for another to start a new colony
- a colony of bees in a hive
- a moving mass, crowd, or throng a swarm of onlookers
Etymology: ME < OE swearm, akin to Ger schwarm, prob. < IE base *swer-, to buzz > L susurrare, to hiss, whisper, sorex, Gr hyrax, shrew
intransitive verb
- to gather and fly off in a swarm: said of bees
- to move, collect, be present, etc. in large numbers; throng; abound
- to be filled or crowded; teem
transitive verb
to fill with a swarm; crowd; throng
swarm (swôrm)
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to climb (a tree, mast, pole, etc.) using the hands and feet; shin (up)
Etymology: orig. naut. word < ?
swarm
n.
swarm
v.
Object
- ant: I walked in about 20 feet and there they were in their favored halls of swarming army ants.
- bee: The bees swarmed from the nest leaving the delicious honey comb behind.
Converse of object
- shake: Hello, is it too late to do a shook swarm?
- collect: I am indebted to Norman for going to collect two swarms that I had received notice of.
Adjective modifier
- dense: Male eyesight is adapted to locate females among the dense swarm of males, despite dim light.
- extensive: This flow direction is confirmed by the extensive swarms of drumlins that are found in LCAs to the south of the Lagan Valley.
Modifies a noun
- intelligence: That is not surprising as these methods form the most mature applications of swarm intelligence.
- algorithm: So they take a second direction of using simple computer simulations to demonstrate this -- based on the " swarm algorithm " .
Noun used with modifier
- 'drumlin: Below ca 350m, there is an almost complete mantle of drumlins forming an internationally acknowledged type example of a 'drumlin swarm ' .
- locust: In the north of the country, however, farmers face a further threat from locust swarms.
- krill: Krill swarms may be quite small, just a few meters long.
- dike: Also associated with the volcanic activity was the development of dikes and dike swarms.
- ant: First stop is for an army ant swarm, not far from the drive entrance.
- comet: These comet swarms would stay around for several million years.
Preposition: of
- locust: Every day a swarm of 50,000 million desert locusts eats the amount of food needed by 500,000 people for a year.
- bee: He'd take a swarm of bees, he wouldn't put a mask or anything on.
- jellyfish: Swarms of jellyfish slowly began to collect in a pool of morning light.
- wasp: The swarm of wasps rose up like a tornado.
- midge: Before a whole swarm of these midges appeared from nowhere!
- ant: Flying swarms of mating ants may cause great distress to people who do not know what they are.
Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough It isn't fit for humans now There isn't grass to graze a cow Swarm over, Death!
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