swarm

11 dictionary results for: swarm
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swarm1 /swɔrm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[swawrm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–noun 1. a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
2. a body of bees settled together, as in a hive.
3. a great number of things or persons, esp. in motion.
4. Biology. a group or aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming cells or organisms.
5. Geology. a cluster of earthquakes or other geologic phenomena or features.
–verb (used without object) 6. to fly off together in a swarm, as bees.
7. to move about, along, forth, etc., in great numbers, as things or persons.
8. to congregate, hover, or occur in groups or multitudes; be exceedingly numerous, as in a place or area.
9. (of a place) to be thronged or overrun; abound or teem: The beach swarms with children on summer weekends.
10. Biology. to move or swim about in a swarm.


The lack of my usage of "herd" was intentional.