a group of many things in the air or on the ground
be teeming, be abuzz
move in large numbers
To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. see shin.
A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.
Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive.
Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.
To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body;
To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
