Saturday, October 13, 2007

WP: "Asian Muslims swarm home to mark end of Ramadan"
" Main Entry:1swarm Listen to the pronunciation of 1swarm
Pronunciation:
\ˈswrm\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram swarm and probably to Latin susurrus hum
Date:
before 12th century 1 a: a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere b: a colony of honeybees settled in a hive2 a: a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion : throng <swarms of sightseers> swarm of locusts> swarm of meteors> b: a number of similar geological features or phenomena close together in space or time swarm of dikes> swarm>"