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adjective
- 1. moving in or forming a large or dense group: "swarming locusts"
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SWARMING definition: 1. present participle of swarm 2. When insects swarm, they come together in a large group. 3. When…. Learn more.
noun. uk / swɔːm / us / swɔːrm / Add to word list. [ C ] a large group of insects all moving together: a swarm of bees / wasps / ants / locusts. The dead sheep was covered with swarms of flies. mirceax/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages. [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a large group of people all moving together:
The meaning of SWARM is a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere. How to use swarm in a sentence.
n. 1. A large number of insects or other small organisms, especially when in motion. 2. A group of bees, social wasps, or ants, when migrating with a queen to establish a new colony. 3. An aggregation of persons or animals, especially when in turmoil or moving in mass: A swarm of friends congratulated him. 4.
8 meanings: 1. a group of social insects, esp bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony.... Click for more definitions. TRANSLATOR
us / swɔːrm / uk / swɔːm /. When insects swarm, they come together in a large group. When people swarm somewhere, they move there in a large group or in large numbers: During the summer, tourists swarm the little beachside town. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
a great number of things or persons, especially in motion. Synonyms: host, horde, mass. Biology. a group or aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms. Geology. a cluster of earthquakes or other geologic phenomena or features. verb (used without object) to fly off together in a swarm, as bees.
swarm meaning, definition, what is swarm: a large group of insects, especially bee...: Learn more.
Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction.
a [no object] : to be surrounded or filled with a large group of insects, people, etc., moving together. The hive was swarming with bees. The island was swarming with tourists. b [+ object] : to surround (something or someone) with a large group. Police swarmed the smuggler's hideout. The movie star was swarmed by adoring fans.
