1. Verb
To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.
2. Noun
A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.
3. Noun
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.
4. Noun
Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.
5. Verb
To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.
6. Verb
To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
7. Verb
To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
8. Verb
To abound; to be filled (with).
9. Verb
To breed multitudes.
10. Verb
To crowd or throng.
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