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.
2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
Every place swarms with soldiers. --Spenser.
4. To abound; to be filled (with).
5. To breed multitudes.
Not so thick swarmed once the soil
Bedropped with blood of Gorgon. --Milton.