| • | 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; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To abound; to be filled (with). |
| • | To breed multitudes. |
| • | To crowd or throng. |
