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(1):

(n.) A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.

(4):

(v. i.) To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

(5):

(v. i.) To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.

(6):

(v. t.) To crowd or throng.

(7):

(v. i.) To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; - said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.

(8):

(v. i.) To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.

(9):

(v. i.) To abound; to be filled (with).

(10):

(v. i.) To breed multitudes.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Swarm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/swarm.html. 1828.
 
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