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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEAM, n.
1. Two or more horses, oxen or other beasts harnessed together to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, chariot, wagon, cart, sled, sleigh and the like. It has been a great question whether teams of horses or oxen are most advantageously employed in agriculture. In land free from stones and stumps and of easy tillage, it is generally agreed that horses are preferable for teams.
2. Any number passing in a line; a long line.
Like a long team of snowy swans on high.
[This is the primary sense, but is rarely used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cooperative unit (especially in sports) [syn: team, squad]
2: two or more draft animals that work together to pull something v
1: form a team; "We teamed up for this new project" [syn: team, team up]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English teme, from Old English t?am offspring, lineage, group of draft animals; akin to Old High German zoum rein, Old English t?on to draw, pull — more at tow Date: before 12th century 1. a. two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle or implement; also these with their harness and attached vehicle b. a draft animal often with harness and vehicle 2. obsolete lineage, race 3. a group of animals: as a. a brood especially of young pigs or ducks b. a matched group of animals for exhibition 4. a number of persons associated together in work or activity: as a. a group on one side (as in football or a debate) b. crew, gang II. adjective Date: 14th century of or performed by a team <a team effort>; also marked by devotion to teamwork rather than individual achievement <a team player> III. verb Date: 1552 transitive verb 1. to yoke or join in a team; also to put together in a coordinated ensemble 2. to convey or haul with a team intransitive verb 1. to drive a team or motortruck 2. to form a team or association

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a set of players forming one side in a game (a cricket team). 2 two or more persons working together. 3 a a set of draught animals. b one animal or more in harness with a vehicle. --v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by up) join in a team or in common action (decided to team up with them). 2 tr. harness (horses etc.) in a team. 3 tr. (foll. by with) match or coordinate (clothes). Phrases and idioms: team-mate a fellow-member of a team or group. team spirit willingness to act as a member of a group rather than as an individual. team-teaching teaching by a team of teachers working together. Etymology: OE team offspring f. a Gmc root = 'pull', rel. to TOW(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Team 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 1913 Dictionary

Team Team, v. i. To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Team Team, v. t. To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.] --Thoreau.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(teams, teaming, teamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A team is a group of people who play a particular sport or game together against other similar groups of people. The team failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals... He had lost his place in the England team. N-COUNT-COLL 2. You can refer to any group of people who work together as a team. Each specialist consultant has a team of doctors under him... N-COUNT-COLL

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