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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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]

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teem ²

Verb

(of rain) to pour down in torrents [Old Norse tœma]

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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teem ¹

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

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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

teem [tiːm] vi to teem with → rebosar de;

it is teeming (with rain) → llueve a mares

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teem [tiːm] vi to teem (with) → grouiller (de);

it is teeming (with rain) → il pleut à torrents

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teem [tiːm] vi to teem with (tourists etc) → wimmeln von;

it is teeming down → es gießt in Strömen

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teem [tiːm] vi → abbondare, brulicare;

to teem with → brulicare di;

it is 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 kuhista 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 풍부히 있다 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 (a dirotto cadere) 雨が激しく降る 세차게 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