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teeming |
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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