swarm
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/swɔːm/
English
Definitions
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.“a swarm of meteorites”
- A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
verb
- To move as a swarm.
- To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
- To fill a place as a swarm.
- To overwhelm as by an opposing army.