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- [teem]
- /tim/
- /tiːm/
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- [teem]
- /tim/
Definitions of teem word
- verb without object teem to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually followed by with). 1
- verb without object teem Obsolete. to be or become pregnant; bring forth young. 1
- verb with object teem Obsolete. to produce (offspring). 1
- intransitive verb teem swarm 1
- verb teem If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot. 0
- verb teem to be prolific or abundant (in); abound (in) 0
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Origin of teem
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English temen, Old English tēman, tīeman to produce (offspring), derivative of tēam team
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Parts of speech for Teem
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
teem popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
teem usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for teem
verb teem
- abound — If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.
- brim — The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- cataracted — a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
- congressed — (initial capital letter) the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution. this body as it exists for a period of two years during which it has the same membership: the Ninety-Seventh Congress. a session of this body: to speak in Congress.
adj teem
- crawler — A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- harrier — one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
- infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
adjective teem
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
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