Teem
21teem — also teem down verb (I) BrE to rain very heavily: It s been teeming down all day. teem with sth phrasal verb (transitive not in passive) to be full of people, animals etc: be teeming with: Times Square was teeming with theater goers …
22teem — I [[t]tim[/t]] v. i. 1) to abound or swarm (usu. fol. by with) 2) Obs. to be or become pregnant; bring forth young 3) Obs. to produce (offspring) • Etymology: bef. 900; ME temen, OE tēman, tīeman to produce (offspring), der. of tēam team teem′er …
23teem — I. /tim / (say teem) verb (i) (sometimes followed by with) to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile. {Middle English teme(n), Old English tēman, tīeman produce (offspring), from tēam child bearing, offspring} –teemer, noun II. /tim / (say teem) …
24teem — I. verb Etymology: Middle English temen, from Old English tīman, tǣman; akin to Old English tēam offspring more at team Date: before 12th century transitive verb archaic bring forth ; give birth to ; produce intransitive verb …
25teem — Synonyms and related words: abound, abound with, be alive with, be fruitful, be productive, beget, bespread, bristle, bristle with, burst with, bustle, clutter, cram, crawl, crawl with, creep with, crowd, diffuse, drench, engender, extend… …
26teem — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. swarm, abound; multiply, pullulate; rain heavily, pour; bear, generate, produce. See production, sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abound, overflow, swell, pour, be plentiful, pour out, swarm,… …
27teem — teem1 verb (teem with) be full of or swarming with. Derivatives teeming adjective Origin OE tēman, tīeman, in senses give birth to and be or become pregnant : of Gmc origin. teem2 verb (especially of rain) pour down; fall heavily. Origin ME: from …
28teem — I v Usu. teem with abound, swarm or swarm with, pullulate, burst with, bristle with, be alive with, crawl with, be rife with; be stocked with, be full of, be filled or stuffed with, be crowded or overcrowded with, be jammed or packed with;… …
29teem — [tiːm] verb teem with sb/sth …
30teem — 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… …
