teem

teem ¹  (tm)

v. teemed, teem·ing, teems

v.intr.

1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms.

2. Obsolete To be or become pregnant; bear young.

v.tr. Archaic

To give birth to.

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[Middle English temen, to beget, bear, from Old English teman, tman; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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teemer n.

teeming·ly adv.

Synonyms: teem¹, abound, crawl¹, overflow, swarm¹
These verbs mean to be abundantly filled or richly supplied: The street teemed with pedestrians. The garden abounds with flowers. The sidewalk was crawling with vendors. The house overflowed with guests. The parade route swarmed with spectators.

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teem ²  (tm)

tr.v. teemed, teem·ing, teems

To pour out or empty: teemed the molten ore into a huge mold.

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[Middle English temen, from Old Norse töma.]

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teem¹

vb

1. (intr; usually foll by with) to be prolific or abundant (in); abound (in)

2. Obsolete to bring forth (young)

[Old English tēman to produce offspring; related to West Saxon tīeman; see team]

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teem²

vb

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

2. (tr) to pour or empty out

[C15 temen to empty, from Old Norse tœma; related to Old English tōm, Old High German zuomīg empty]

teemer  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	teem - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" pullulate, swarm seethe, hum, buzz - be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity" crawl - be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" abound in, pullulate with, teem in - exist in large quantity
	2.	teem - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" pour, pullulate, swarm, stream crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" spill out, spill over, pour out - be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

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teem¹

verb be full of, abound, swarm, bristle, brim, overflow, be abundant, burst at the seams, be prolific, be crawling, pullulate The forest below him seethed and teemed with life.

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teem²

verb pour, lash, pelt (down), sheet, stream, belt (slang), bucket down (informal), rain cats and dogs (informal) The wedding was supposed to be outside but it teemed with rain.

Translations

teem [tiːm] VI

1. to teem (with) [+ insects, fish] → abundar(en)
a lake teeming with fish → un lago que abunda en peces, un lago repleto de peces
through streets teeming with people → por calles atestadas de gente

2. it's teeming (with rain) → está lloviendo a mares or a cántaros

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teem [ˈtiːm] vi → grouiller
to be teeming with [+ visitors, tourists, fish, insects] → grouiller de

teem down

vi (= rain hard)
It's teeming down → Il pleut à torrents.

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teem

vi

(with people, insects etc) → wimmeln (with von); (with mistakes, information etc) → strotzen (with vor); his mind was teeming with ideas → in seinem Kopf wimmelte es nur so von Ideen

(= pour) it’s teeming with rain → es regnet or gießt (inf) → in Strömen; he watched the rain teeming down → er sah zu, wie der Regen vom Himmel strömte

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teem [tiːm] vi

a. → brulicare, abbondare
to teem with → brulicare di

b. it's teeming (with rain) → piove a dirotto

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teem

v teem [tiːm]

1 (withwith) to be full of The pond was teeming with fish. wemel يَعِجُّ بِ гъмжа hemžit se vrimle wimmeln βρίθω rebosar, bullir, hervir kubisema پر بودن از vilistä grouiller (de) לִשרוֹץ उर्वर होना, परिपूर्ण होना obilovati, vrvjeti hemzseg (vmitől) penuh mora, iða af pullulare, brulicare うようよしている (~로) 가득하다 knibždėte knibždėti (ko) būt pārpilnam ar penuh wemelen vrimle/kry av roić się (od) pulular a geme (de) кишеть hemžiť sa mrgoleti vrveti vimla, myllra, krylla มีอยู่คับคั่ง dolu olmak 充滿, 大量出現 кишіти بھرا ہونا، معمور ہونا tràn ngập 充满, 大量出现

2 to rain heavily The rain was teeming down. stort يَهْطُل، يَنْهَمِر лея се lít styrte gießen βρέχει καταρρακτωδώς llover a cántaros (vihma) kallama شرشر کردن sataa kaatamalla pleuvoir à verse לָרֶדֶת בְּשֶטֶף जोर से बरसना lijevati (kiša) ömlik lebat falla í stríðum straumum (cadere a dirotto) 雨が激しく降る (비 등이) 쏟아지다 pliaupti gāzt kā ar spaiņiem mencurah-curah stortregenen strømme ned, pøsregne lać się strumieniami cair a cântaros. a turna cu găleata лить как из ведра liať liti padati kiša ösa [] (ฝน) ตก bardaktan boşanırcasına yağmak (傾盆)大雨 лити як із відра تيز بارش ہونا đổ xối xả （倾盆）大雨