teem
1to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually followed by with).
Obsolete. to be or become pregnant; bring forth young.
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
Origin of teem
1Other words for teem
Other words from teem
- teemer, noun
Words Nearby teem
Other definitions for teem (2 of 2)
to empty or pour out; discharge.
Origin of teem
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How to use teem in a sentence
As Facebook teems with posts — and ads — about politics in the home stretch of this presidential election season, advertisers have begun to ask their media agencies whether they should be taking a break from the platform.
‘Ready to spend’: Publishers are angling for election-wary advertisers’ Facebook budgets | Max Willens | October 2, 2020 | DigidaySo, to make my daily three-mile walk more interesting, I started to reimagine the world around me as a reef teeming with alien life.
Soils teeming with wriggling worms just a few weeks ago now hold far fewer.
Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. soil and threaten forests | Megan Sever | September 29, 2020 | Science NewsThe original zone at the posterior pole, which Blochmann had seen, teems with bacteria.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found | Viviane Callier | September 9, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIn lyrical, engaging writing, Stewart Johnson, a planetary scientist, chronicles how our perception of Mars has swung from a world teeming with life, to definitely dead and boring, and back again over and over since the invention of telescopes.
Two new books explore Mars — and what it means to be human | Lisa Grossman | July 15, 2020 | Science News
Prep school faculties teem with Wasps who majored in English or history, as brokerage houses do with Wasps who majored in finance.
If the past eight months were full of international thrills, the next ones are more likely to teem with spills.
Observe how the papers teem with the misery of the lower classes in England, yet this affects not the West India philanthropist.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatTears availing nothing, Elizabeth's quick brain began to teem with plans for John's escape.
Revolutionary Reader | Sophie Lee FosterThe newspapers in most cases teem with scandals which absorb the thoughts or arouse the passions.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamShining by reflected light, its pages literally teem with interesting anecdotes of many sorts.
The Pagan's Cup | Fergus HumeThe volumes of the Health of Towns Report teem with instances of the mischief of insufficient ventilation.
The Claims of Labour | Arthur Helps
British Dictionary definitions for teem (1 of 2)
/ (tiːm) /
(intr usually foll by with) to be prolific or abundant (in); abound (in)
obsolete to bring forth (young)
Origin of teem
1British Dictionary definitions for teem (2 of 2)
/ (tiːm) /
(intr; often foll by down or with rain) to pour in torrents: it's teeming down
(tr) to pour or empty out
Origin of teem
2Derived forms of teem
- teemer, noun
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