'Teem' definitions:

Definition of 'teem'

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verb
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]
verb
Move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate]

Definition of 'Teem'

From: GCIDE
  • Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.] To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Teem'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. [1913 Webster]
  • His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Teem'

From: GCIDE
  • Teem \Teem\, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Teem'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'teem'

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Words containing 'Teem'