Teem

Quick meaning: Teem is a verb meaning To be stocked to overflowing.

Meaning

To be stocked to overflowing.

More Meanings

1. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
2. (of rain, snow, etc) To fall prolifically.
3. A downpour (of rain).
4. To pour (especially with rain)
5. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
6. (obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
7. (archaic) To empty.

Example Sentences

Fish teem in this pond.

his mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy

But well he knew his teeming pangs were vain, Till Midwife Dryden eas’d his labouring Brain;

... rain teemed from the overcast skies, cold and penetrating, and life began to look like one enormous funeral procession.

Word Forms

• teems
• teeming
• teemed

Synonyms for teem

Depending on context, synonyms include swarm.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swarm, pullulate, abound, overflow, pour, team.

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