3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Teemed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Teeming}.] [OE. temen, AS t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m.
See {Team}.]
1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a
plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
If she must teem, Create her child of spleen.
--Shak.
2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to
overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to
cover former villainy. --Sir W.
Scott.
The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which
teem in our time. --F. Harrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teeming \Teem"ing\, a.
Prolific; productive.
Teeming buds and cheerful appear. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
teeming
adj : abundantly filled with especially living things "the Third
World's teeming millions"; "the teeming boulevard";
"harried by swarming rats" [syn: {swarming}]
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