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teem

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[teem]

verb (used without object)

  1. to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually followed bywith ).

    Synonyms: , , ,
  2. Obsolete.to be or become pregnant; bring forth young.



verb (used with object)

  1. Obsolete.to produce (offspring).

teem

2

[teem]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to empty or pour out; discharge.

teem

1

/ پː /

verb

  1. to be prolific or abundant (in); abound (in)

  2. obsoleteto bring forth (young)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

teem

2

/ پː /

verb

  1. (intr; often foll by down or with rain) to pour in torrents

    it's teeming down

  2. (tr) to pour or empty out

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • teemer noun
  • ˈٱ𳾱 noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of teem1

before 900; Middle English temen, Old English ŧ, tīeman to produce (offspring), derivative of ŧ team

Origin of teem2

1250–1300; Middle English temen < Old Norse æ to empty, derivative of ō empty, cognate with Old English ō free from
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of teem1

Old English ŧ to produce offspring; related to West Saxon ī𳾲; see team

Origin of teem2

C15 temen to empty, from Old Norse ٲճ; related to Old English ō, Old High German ܴdzī empty
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It was a balmy Thursday afternoon at the residential hostel of the BJ Medical College and the canteen was teeming with students getting lunch.

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Foot traffic was sparse Tuesday morning on South Broadway, a street normally teeming with shoppers and pedestrians.

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"They pushed me over at gunpoint. I spent two days without food or water in the middle of a field in knee-deep water teeming with mosquitoes and leeches," Ms Banu said, wiping away tears.

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Now, in late spring, it is teeming with bird life.

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The catacombs beneath a crumbling city have cracked wide open, revealing a vast, spiraling dungeon teeming with strange beasts and stranger plants.

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