Meaning of "swarm" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWARM

Old English swearm; related to Old Norse svarmr uproar, Old High German swaram swarm.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SWARM

swarm  [swɔːm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWARM

Swarm is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb swarm in English.

WHAT DOES SWARM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Swarm behaviour

Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by animals of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction. As a term, swarming is applied particularly to insects, but can also be applied to any other animal that exhibits swarm behaviour. The term flocking is usually used to refer specifically to swarm behaviour in birds, herding to refer to swarm behaviour in quadrupeds, shoaling or schooling to refer to swarm behaviour in fish. Phytoplankton also gather in huge swarms called blooms, although these organisms are algae and are not self-propelled the way animals are. By extension, the term swarm is applied also to inanimate entities which exhibit parallel behaviours, as in a robot swarm, an earthquake swarm, or a swarm of stars. From a more abstract point of view, swarm behaviour is the collective motion of a large number of self-propelled entities.

Definition of swarm in the English dictionary

The first definition of swarm in the dictionary is a group of social insects, esp bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony. Other definition of swarm is a large mass of small animals, esp insects. Swarm is also a throng or mass, esp when moving or in turmoil.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SWARM

PRESENT

Present

I swarm

you swarm

he/she/it swarms

we swarm

you swarm

they swarm

Present continuous

I am swarming

you are swarming

he/she/it is swarming

we are swarming

you are swarming

they are swarming

Present perfect

I have swarmed

you have swarmed

he/she/it has swarmed

we have swarmed

you have swarmed

they have swarmed

Present perfect continuous

I have been swarming

you have been swarming

he/she/it has been swarming

we have been swarming

you have been swarming

they have been swarming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I swarmed

you swarmed

he/she/it swarmed

we swarmed

you swarmed

they swarmed

Past continuous

I was swarming

you were swarming

he/she/it was swarming

we were swarming

you were swarming

they were swarming

Past perfect

I had swarmed

you had swarmed

he/she/it had swarmed

we had swarmed

you had swarmed

they had swarmed

Past perfect continuous

I had been swarming

you had been swarming

he/she/it had been swarming

we had been swarming

you had been swarming

they had been swarming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will swarm

you will swarm

he/she/it will swarm

we will swarm

you will swarm

they will swarm

Future continuous

I will be swarming

you will be swarming

he/she/it will be swarming

we will be swarming

you will be swarming

they will be swarming

Future perfect

I will have swarmed

you will have swarmed

he/she/it will have swarmed

we will have swarmed

you will have swarmed

they will have swarmed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been swarming

you will have been swarming

he/she/it will have been swarming

we will have been swarming

you will have been swarming

they will have been swarming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would swarm

you would swarm

he/she/it would swarm

we would swarm

you would swarm

they would swarm

Conditional continuous

I would be swarming

you would be swarming

he/she/it would be swarming

we would be swarming

you would be swarming

they would be swarming

Conditional perfect

I would have swarm

you would have swarm

he/she/it would have swarm

we would have swarm

you would have swarm

they would have swarm

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been swarming

you would have been swarming

he/she/it would have been swarming

we would have been swarming

you would have been swarming

they would have been swarming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you swarm
we let´s swarm
you swarm

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to swarm

Past participle

swarmed

Present Participle

swarming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SWARM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swarm» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of swarm

abound · army · bevy · bristle · concourse · congregate · crawl · crowd · drove · flock · herd · horde · host · mass · multitude · myriad · shoal · stream · teem · throng

TRANSLATION OF SWARM

Find out the translation of swarm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of swarm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swarm» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 大群
• Translator English - Spanish: enjambre
• English: swarm
• Translator English - Hindi: झुंड
• Translator English - Arabic: سرب
• Translator English - Russian: рой
• Translator English - Portuguese: enxame
• Translator English - Bengali: ঝাঁক
• Translator English - French: nuée
• Translator English - Malay: Gerombolan
• Translator English - German: Schwarm
• Translator English - Japanese: 大群
• Translator English - Korean: 떼
• Translator English - Javanese: Swarm
• Translator English - Vietnamese: leo lên cây
• Translator English - Tamil: திரள்
• Translator English - Marathi: थवा
• Translator English - Turkish: sürü
• Translator English - Italian: sciame
• Translator English - Polish: rój
• Translator English - Ukrainian: рій
• Translator English - Romanian: roi
• Translator English - Greek: σμήνος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: swerm
• Translator English - Swedish: svärm
• Translator English - Norwegian: sverm

5 QUOTES WITH «SWARM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swarm.

1

Max Brooks

Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.

2

Thomas More

For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.

3

Chief Seattle

When the last red man shall have perished from the earth and his memory among the white men shall have become a myth, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe. The white man will never be alone. Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless.

4

Thomas Shepard

There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us, that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive.

5

Billy Williams

The only time I mind autographs is when I'm out with my family. You're trying to enjoy kids and grandkids and here comes a swarm, and there go your wife and kids. That happens to every celebrity. It's the price you pay.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWARM»

Discover the use of swarm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swarm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Swarm: A Novel of the Deep

Frank Schätzing's amazing novel is a publishing phenomenon with translation rights sold around the world, drawing rave reviews for both pulsating suspense and great scientific knowledge.

Frank Schatzing, 2012

Swarm

"Swarm" presents two long lesbian coming-of-age stories: "The Faggot" (in which the protagonist, a teenage girl, has her first lesbian affair one summer in Aspen, Colorado, while visiting in the house where Mina Loy lives) and "Perils."

Camille Roy, 1998

Swarm Intelligence: Introduction and Applications

The contributing authors are among the top researchers in their domain. The book is intended to provide an overview of swarm intelligence to novices, and to offer researchers in the field an update on interesting recent developments.

Christian Blum, Daniel Merkle, 2008

Particle Swarm Optimization

This is the first book devoted entirely to Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), which is a non-specific algorithm, similar to evolutionary algorithms, such as taboo search and ant colonies.

Maurice Clerc, 2010

Swarm Intelligence

A scholarly text on swarm intelligence that argues that intelligent human cognition derives from the interactions of individuals in a social world.

James Kennedy, James F. Kennedy, Russell C. Eberhart, 2001

Sync Or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age

Provides a study of musical improvisation, using theories from cultural and cognitive studies.

David Borgo, 2005

Particle Swarm Optimization: A Physics-based Approach

This work aims to provide new introduction to the particle swarm optimization methods using a formal analogy with physical systems.

Said M. Mikki, Ahmed A. Kishk, 2008

Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems

This is the first book in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of complexity since Oxford took over the publishing of this series from Addison-Wesley.

Eric Bonabeau, Marco Dorigo, Guy Theraulaz, 1999

Swarm Intelligence in Data Mining

This book deals with the application of swarm intelligence in data mining. Addressing the various issues of swarm intelligence and data mining using different intelligent approaches is the novelty of this edited volume.

Ajith Abraham, Crina Grosan, Vitorino Ramos, 2006

Swarm Creativity : Competitive Advantage through ...

In short, this book answers four key questions: Why are COINs better at innovation? What are the key elements of COINs? Who are the people that participate in COINs and how do they become members?

Center for Coordination Science MIT Sloan School of Management Peter A. Gloor Research Fellow, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWARM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swarm is used in the context of the following news items.

Weather radar detects swarm of bugs over Texas

(CNN) Nothing seemed unusual Wednesday when the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma, picked up what appeared to be ... «CNN, Jul 15»

Capitol Hill abuzz after 15000 honey bees swarm Senate entrance

Washington (CNN) In an unusual sight on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon, beekeepers were called in to capture and remove about 15,000 honey bees that had ... «CNN, Jun 15»

Swarm of mayflies prompts closure of Pennsylvania bridge after …

38. A swarm of mayflies was so dense it caused motorcycle crashes and prompted the closure of a bridge in Pennsylvania, police said. The LNP newspaper ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Teens charged after thousands of ladybirds swarm through school

Teens charged after thousands of ladybirds swarm through school ... to find thousands of ladybirds (called ladybugs in the US) swarming through the hallways. «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»

Study Links Azle Earthquake Swarm to Natural Gas Drilling

With real-time monitors, scientists have linked a swarm of small earthquakes west of Fort Worth, Texas, to nearby natural gas wells and wastewater injection. «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Apr 15»

Swarm of bees delay Royals-Angels game

That unexpected visitor: a swarm of bees. And they decided to setup shop in front of the home dugout on — of all places — a microphone. Of course, the game ... «SportingNews.com, Mar 15»

Nevada earthquake swarm intensifies

The swarm is centered about 40 miles southeast of Lakeview, Oregon. ... Location of ongoing Nevada earthquake swarm, which began in July 2014. «EarthSky, Nov 14»

Swarm of earthquakes in Nevada desert is intensifying

A swarm of hundreds of earthquakes that has been striking a corner of the Nevada desert near the Oregon border for months has intensified in recent days, ... «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»

Swarm of 800000 bees kill man in Arizona

After the area was cleared, beekeepers moved in to destroy the swarm – but had to remove part of the roof to access the mass of bees. "It was massive," said Mr ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»

US Navy could 'swarm' foes with robot boats

The Office of Naval Research over the weekend released video of tests conducted in August that showed five "drone" boats swarming a vessel that posed a ... «CNN, Oct 14»