From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Swarm \Swarm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swarmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarming.] 1. To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion. [1913 Webster] Every place swarms with soldiers. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To abound; to be filled (with). --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 5. To breed multitudes. [1913 Webster] Not so thick swarmed once the soil Bedropped with blood of Gorgon. --Milton. [1913 Webster]