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Teeming
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- And this hostile environment is literally teeming with life.
- Fertile land, a teeming population, cheap labor--these elements of production exist to an extent hitherto but dimly recognized.
- Their understanding of what the teeming adjuncts or visiting professors actually did was limited.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually followed by with).
2.
Obsolete. to be or become pregnant; bring forth young.
verb (used with object)
3.
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English temen, Old English tēman, tīeman to produce (offspring), derivative of tēam team
before 900; Middle English temen, Old English tēman, tīeman to produce (offspring), derivative of tēam team
Related forms
teem·er, noun
Synonyms
1. overflow, brim, overrun, bristle.
1. overflow, brim, overrun, bristle.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to empty or pour out; discharge.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English temen < Old Norse tæma to empty, derivative of tōmr empty, cognate with Old English tōm free from
1250–1300; Middle English temen < Old Norse tæma to empty, derivative of tōmr empty, cognate with Old English tōm free from
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Word Origin & History
teem
"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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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