swarm

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
2. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
3. A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
4. A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.

Verb

1. To move as a swarm.
2. To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
3. To fill a place as a swarm.
4. To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
5. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
6. To breed multitudes.

Concepten

menigte

zwerm

zwermen

massa

krielen

krioelen

wemelen

wriemelen

drom

schare

boel

hoop

stapel

tas

troep

vlucht

school

moker

smeedhamer

smidshamer

voorhamer

aandrang

run

toeloop

volk

crwth

gepeupel

horde

canaille

gajes

geboefte

gespuis

janhagel

meute

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/swɔɹm/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).
The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swierman (“to swarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma.