team

A team is a group of people working for a common cause or one or more animals working to pull a vehicle. (noun)

An example of team is the New York Yankees.
An example of team is a group assigned to keeping track of the money in a project.
An example of team is a group of dogs pulling a sled.

Team means to join together to perform a common activity. (verb)

An example of team is for two people to join forces in a scavenger hunt.

See team in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. Obsolete progeny, race, or lineage
2. Dialectal a brood of young animals, esp. of ducks or pigs
two or more horses, oxen, etc. harnessed to the same vehicle or plow
1. two or more draft animals and their vehicle
2. one draft animal and its vehicle
1. a group of people constituting one side in a contest or competition
2. a group of people working together in a coordinated effort

transitive verb

1. to harness or yoke together in a team
2. to join together in a cooperative activity
to haul with a team

intransitive verb

to drive a team
☆ to join in cooperative activity: often with up: to team up on a research project

adjective

of or done by a team

See team in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(tēm)

noun

Sports & Games A group on the same side, as in a game.
A group organized to work together: a team of engineers.
a. Two or more draft animals used to pull a vehicle or farm implement.
b. A vehicle along with the animal or animals harnessed to it.
A group of animals exhibited or performing together, as horses at an equestrian show.
A brood or flock.
Obsolete Offspring; lineage.