Swarm definition
A swarm of earthquakes.
Shoppers have swarmed into the mall.
A riverbank swarming with insects.
To swarm the quarterback, researchers swarming a problem.
When hundreds of bees fly out all at once, this is an example of when they swarm.
When a concert is overcrowded with people and they are packed in tight and moving about, this is an example of when the concert swarms with people.
When 2000 people all show up for a protest, this is an example of a swarm.
When hundreds of honeybees fly out of their nest, this is an example of a swarm.
Sailors swarming the ship's deck.
A swarm of onlookers.
A swarm of friends congratulated him.
A swarm of ants.
Origin of swarm
- Middle English group of bees from Old English swearm
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude"), from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness"), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum"). Cognate with Scots swarm (“swarm"), Dutch zwerm (“swarm"), German Schwarm (“swarm"), Danish sværm (“swarm"), Swedish svärm (“swarm"), Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm"), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming"), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe"), Russian свирель (svirel', “a pipe, reed").
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