swarm
IPA: swˈɔrm
noun
- A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
- (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
verb
- (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
- (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
- (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
- (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
- To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
- To breed multitudes.
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Examples of "swarm" in Sentences
- Talk about bringing new meaning to the term "swarm ball."
- Eventually new queens and males swarm from the nests and mate.
- The 13th characteristic of a swarm is its connectedness to the broader world.
- During their flight, another Husker swarm is discovered to in their direct path.
- They talk a lot about their “research” and “insights,” but pretty much a swarm is the same with a 4e statblock.
- This raises the potential for large numbers of Serafinas to be deployed, travelling together in swarm formation, like a school of fish.
- Just a short video to demonstrate how the different bee types in the game are used together in the game, and give some idea of how your swarm is controlled.
- Some of the pellets look bigger and blurrier than the others because they're out of focus — they're trailing behind the main swarm, and they will continue to fall farther and farther behind.
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