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To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with
the arms and legs alternately. See Shin. |
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A large number or mass of small animals or insects,
especially when in motion. |
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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. |
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Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in
motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites. |
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To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body;
-- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. |
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To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to
congregate in a multitude. |
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To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings
in motion. |
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To abound; to be filled (with). |
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To breed multitudes. |
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To crowd or throng. |