Main Entry: 1swarm
Pronunciation: \ˈswȯrm\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram swarm and probably to Latin susurrus hum
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere b : a colony of honeybees settled in a hive
2 a : a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion : throngs of sightseers> b : a number of similar geological features or phenomena close together in space or time
2 a : a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion : throng
