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| 1. | to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually fol. by with). |
| 2. | Obsolete. to be or become pregnant; bring forth young. |
| 3. | Obsolete. to produce (offspring). |
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teemer, noun
—Synonyms 1. overflow, brim, overrun, bristle.
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teem2
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| to empty or pour out; discharge. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME temen < ON tæma to empty, deriv. of tōmr empty, c. OE tōm free from]
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| teem 1
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v. teemed, teem·ing, teems v. intr.
v. tr. Archaic To give birth to. [Middle English temen, to beget, bear, from Old English tīeman, tēman; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.] teem'er n., teem'ing·ly adv. Synonyms: These verbs mean to be abundantly filled or richly supplied: The street teemed with pedestrians. The garden abounds with flowers. The sidewalk was crawling with vendors. The house overflowed with guests. The parade route swarmed with spectators. |
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| teem 2
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tr.v. teemed, teem·ing, teems To pour out or empty: teemed the molten ore into a huge mold. [Middle English temen, from Old Norse töma.] |
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teem (1)
"abound, swarm," O.E. teman (Mercian), tieman (W.Saxon) "give birth to, produce," from P.Gmc. *taumijanan, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke). Related to team in its now-obsolete O.E. sense of "family, brood of young animals." The meaning "be fertile, abound, swarm" is first recorded 1593; teeming in this sense is from 1715.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
teem (2)
"to flow copiously," c.1300, from O.N. toema "to empty," from tomr "empty," cognate with O.E. tom "empty." The original notion is of "to empty a vessel," thus "to pour out."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| teem | |
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| 1. | be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" |
| 2. | move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
teem1 [tiːm] verb
(with with) to be full of
Example: The pond was teeming with fish.
teem2 [tiːm] verbExample: The pond was teeming with fish.
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to rain heavily
Example: The rain was teeming down.
Example: The rain was teeming down.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Teem
Team\, n. [OE. tem, team, AS. te['a]m, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget, Icel. taumr to rein, bridle, Dan. t["o]mme, Sw. t["o]m, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw. [root]64. See Tug, and cf. Teem to bear.]1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her. --Holland. 2. Hence, a number of animals moving together. A long team of snowy swans on high. --Dryden. 3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like. "A team of dolphins." --Spenser. To take his team and till the earth. --Piers Plowman. It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough. --Macaulay. 4. A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of wild ducks. 6. (O. Eng. Law) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto. --Burrill.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Teem\, v. t. [Icel. t[ae]ma to empty, from t[=o]mr empty; akin to Dan. t["o]mme to empty, Sw. t["o]mma. See Toom to empty.]1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Swift. 2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Teem\, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.] To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m. See Team.]1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak. 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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