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 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