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teem (tēm)

intransitive verb

  1. Obsolete to produce offspring; bear
  2. to be full, as though ready to bring forth young; abound; swarm a river teeming with fish

Etymology: ME temen < OE tieman, to produce, bear < base of team, progeny: see team

teem2 definition

teem (tēm)

transitive verb

to empty; pour out

Etymology: ME temen < ON tœma, to empty

intransitive verb

to pour a teeming rain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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