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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.

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

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.

teem 1
Verb
teem with to have a great number of: the woods were teeming with snakes and bears [Old English tēman to produce offspring]

teem 2
Verb
(of rain) to pour down in torrents [Old Norse tœma]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.teem - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
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"
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"

teem 1
verb be full of, abound, swarm, bristle, brim, overflow, be abundant, burst at the seams, be prolific, be crawling, pullulate

teem 2
verb (often with down or with rain) pour, lash, pelt (down), sheet, stream, belt (slang) bucket down (informal) rain cats and dogs (informal)
Translations
Spanish teem [tiːm] vi to teem with → rebosar de;
it is teeming (with rain) → llueve a mares

French teem [tiːm] vi to teem (with) → grouiller (de);
it is teeming (with rain) → il pleut à torrents

German teem [tiːm] vi to teem with (tourists etc) → wimmeln von;
it is teeming down → es gießt in Strömen

Italian teem [tiːm] viabbondare, brulicare;
to teem with → brulicare di;
it is teeming (with rain) → piove a dirotto

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That body recommended certain measures to their constituents, and the event proved their wisdom; yet it is fresh in our memories how soon the press began to teem with pamphlets and weekly papers against those very measures.
Our woods teem with them both, and around every swamp may be seen the partridge or rabbit walk, beset with twiggy fences and horse-hair snares, which some cow-boy tends.
In like manner, his physiognomical expression seemed to teem with benignity.
 
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