Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - swarm
Swarm
swarm
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a cluster of bees leaving the hive with the queen to establish a new colony. 2 a large number of insects or birds moving in a cluster. 3 a large group of people, esp. moving over or filling a large area. 4 (in pl.; foll. by of) great numbers. 5 a group of zoospores. --v.intr. 1 move in or form a swarm. 2 gather or move in large numbers. 3 (foll. by with) (of a place) be overrun, crowded, or infested (was swarming with tourists). Etymology: OE swearm f. Gmc 2. v.intr. (foll. by up) & tr. climb (a rope or tree etc.), esp. in a rush, by clasping or clinging with the hands and knees etc. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram ~ and probably to Latin susurrus hum Date: before 12th century 1. a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere, a colony of honeybees settled in a hive, 2. a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion ; throng , a number of similar geological features or phenomena close together in space or time , II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to form and depart from a hive in a ~, 2. to move or assemble in a crowd ; throng, to hover about in the manner of a bee in a ~, to contain a ~ ; teem , transitive verb to fill with a ~, to beset or surround in a ~ , ~er noun III. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 14th century intransitive verb to climb with the hands and feet, transitive verb to climb up ; mount ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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