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Teem definitions
TEEM, v.i.
1. To bring forth,as young.
If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen--
2. To be pregnant; to conceive; to engender young.
Teeming buds and cheerful greens appear.
3. To be full; to be charged; as a breeding animal; to be prolific. Every head teems with politics.
4. To bring forth; to produce, particularly in abundance. The earth teems with fruits; the sea teems with fishes.
TEEM, v.t. To produce; to bring forth.
What's the newest grief?
Each minute teems a new one.
[This transitive sense is not common.]
1. To pour. [Not in use.]
v
1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" [syn: teem, pullulate, swarm]
2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate]
I. verb Etymology: Middle English temen, from Old English t?man, t?man; akin to Old English t?am offspring — more at team Date: before 12th century transitive verb archaic bring forth ; give birth to ; produce intransitive verb 1. obsolete to become pregnant ; conceive 2. a. to become filled to overflowing ; abound b. to be present in large quantity • teemingly adverb • teemingness noun II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English temen, from Old Norse tœma; akin to Old English t?m empty Date: 14th century empty, pour <teem molten metal into a mold>
1. v.intr. 1 be abundant (fish teem in these waters). 2 (foll. by with) be full of or swarming with (teeming with fish; teeming with ideas). Etymology: OE teman etc. give birth to f. Gmc, rel. to TEAM 2. v.intr. (often foll. by down) (of water etc.) flow copiously; pour (it was teeming with rain). Etymology: ME temen f. ON toema f. tómr (adj.) empty
Teem Teem, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m. See Team.] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak. 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison.
Teem Teem, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.] That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. --Shak.
Teem Teem, v. t. [Icel. t[ae]ma to empty, from t[=o]mr empty; akin to Dan. t["o]mme to empty, Sw. t["o]mma. See Toom to empty.] 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Swift. 2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem Teem, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.] To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford.
(teems, teeming, teemed) If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot. For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists. = swarm VERB: usu cont, V with n
v. n. 1. Bring forth, produce, bear. 2. Conceive, be pregnant, engender young. 3. Abound, be full, be prolific, be stocked.
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