Associations to the word «Swarm»

Wiktionary

SWARM, noun. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
SWARM, noun. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
SWARM, noun. (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
SWARM, verb. (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
SWARM, verb. (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
SWARM, verb. (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
SWARM, verb. (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
SWARM, verb. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
SWARM, verb. To breed multitudes.
SWARM SPORE, noun. A zoospore
SWARM SPORES, noun. Plural of swarm spore

Dictionary definition

SWARM, noun. A moving crowd.
SWARM, noun. A group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores".
SWARM, verb. Be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries".
SWARM, verb. Move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats