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teem |
5 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]: Teem \Teem\, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.] That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Teem \Teem\, v. t. [Icel. t[ae]ma to empty, from t[=o]mr empty; akin to Dan. t["o]mme to empty, Sw t["o]mma. See {Toom} to empty.] 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out as to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Swift. 2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See {Tame}, a., and cf {Beteem}.] To think fit [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: teem v : be teeming, be abuzz [syn: {swarm}]
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