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swarm

/swɔːm/

/swɔrm/

Translations

swarmnoun

swarms

/swɔːm/

/swɔrm/

рой

A swarm of bees attacked the picnic area.

Рой пчел атаковал место для пикника.

толпа

A swarm of fans gathered outside the concert hall.

Толпа фанатов собралась у концертного зала.

Additional translations

Synonyms

swarmverb

swarmed

Past Simple

swarmed

Past Participle

swarming

Gerund

/swɔːm/

/swɔrm/

толпиться

Fans swarm the stadium entrance before the concert.

Фанаты толпятся у входа на стадион перед концертом.

кишеть

The market swarms with people on weekends.

Рынок кишит людьми по выходным.

роиться

The bees swarm around the hive.

Пчёлы роятся вокруг улья.

Synonyms

swarmadjective

Used attributively in compounds such as "swarm intelligence" or "swarm robotics"; functions as a descriptive modifier.

Definitions

swarmnoun

A large or dense group of insects, especially bees, moving together.

A swarm of bees flew over the garden, searching for a new place to build their hive.

A large number of people or things moving together in a chaotic or disorderly manner.

A swarm of fans gathered outside the concert venue, hoping to catch a glimpse of the band.

swarmverb

To move somewhere in large numbers, often in a busy or chaotic manner.

Tourists swarmed the beach as soon as the sun came out.

To be filled or crowded with a large number of moving individuals.

The garden swarmed with bees collecting nectar from the flowers.

To climb or move quickly and energetically.

The children swarmed up the hill to get a better view of the parade.

(of bees) To leave a hive in a mass in order to establish a new colony elsewhere.

The honeybees swarmed in late spring, settling on a nearby apple tree.

swarmadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a swarm, especially the collective behaviour of many simple agents acting together.

Swarm robotics relies on simple units cooperating to achieve complex tasks.