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noun
1.
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a football team.
2.
a number of persons associated in some joint action: a team of advisers.
3.
two or more horses, oxen, or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, or the like.
4.
one or more draft animals together with the harness and vehicle drawn.
5.
EXPANDa family of young animals, especially ducks or pigs.
verb (used with object)
7.
to join together in a team.
8.
Chiefly Northern U.S. Older Use. to convey or transport by means of a team; haul.
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Teamed
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verb (used without object)
9.
to drive a team.
10.
to gather or join in a team, a band, or a cooperative effort (usually followed by up, together, etc.).
adjective
11.
of, pertaining to, or performed by a team: a team sport; team effort.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English teme (noun), Old English tēam child-bearing, brood, offspring, set of draft beasts; cognate with Dutch toom bridle, reins, German Zaum, Old Norse taumr
before 900; Middle English teme (noun), Old English tēam child-bearing, brood, offspring, set of draft beasts; cognate with Dutch toom bridle, reins, German Zaum, Old Norse taumr
Related forms
in·ter·team, adjective
un·der·teamed, adjective
un·teamed, adjective
Synonyms
10. combine, unite, ally, merge.
10. combine, unite, ally, merge.
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team
1552, "to harness beasts in a team," from team (n.). The meaning "to come together as a team" (usually with up) is attested from 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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