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