SWARM

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram ~ and probably to Latin susurrus hum Date: before 12th century 1. a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere, a colony of honeybees settled in a hive, 2. a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion ; throng , a number of similar geological features or phenomena close together in space or time , II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to form and depart from a hive in a ~, 2. to move or assemble in a crowd ; throng , to hover about in the manner of a bee in a ~, to contain a ~ ; teem , transitive verb to fill with a ~, to beset or surround in a ~ , ~er noun III. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 14th century intransitive verb to climb with the hands and feet, transitive verb to climb up ; mount