swarm
A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- afterswarm
- beeswarm
- beswarm
- multiswarm
- nanoswarm
- subswarm
- superswarm
- swarmy
- topswarm
- aswarm
- Dyson swarm
- dyke swarm
Word history
From Old English "swearm" (swarm, multitude).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “swarm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.