teem
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(tēm) 
v., teemed, teem·ing, teems. v.intr.
To give birth to.
teemingly teem'ing·ly adv.
teem2 (tēm)
tr.v., teemed, teem·ing, teems.
To pour out or empty: teemed the molten ore into a huge mold.
v., teemed, teem·ing, teems. v.intr.
- To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms.
- Obsolete. To be or become pregnant; bear young.
To give birth to.
[Middle English temen, to beget, bear, from Old English tīeman, tēman.]
teemer teem'er n.teemingly teem'ing·ly adv.
SYNONYMS teem, abound, crawl, overflow, swarm. These verbs mean to be abundantly filled or richly supplied: The street teemed with pedestrians. The garden abounds with flowers. The sidewalk was crawling with vendors. The house overflowed with guests. The parade route swarmed with spectators.
teem2 (tēm)
tr.v., teemed, teem·ing, teems.
To pour out or empty: teemed the molten ore into a huge mold.
[Middle English temen, from Old Norse töma.]
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It sometimes causes surprise that the two apparently close meanings involved here are of two distinct verbs. One, from an Old English word meaning 'to give birth to', means 'to be full of or swarming with' (as in a sea teeming with fish), and the other, from an Old Norse word meaning 'to empty', means 'to pour or flow copiously' (as in teeming with rain). Neither should be confused with the verb team, as used in the phrasal verb team up with.
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IN BRIEF: To be overflowing; to swarm.
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| Type | Lemon-lime |
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| Manufacturer | PepsiCo |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Introduced | 1964 |
| Discontinued | 1984 in the US; 1990s in some other markets; still sold in South America, Honduras, South Africa and Egypt) |
| Colour | yellow |
| Flavour | lemon-lime |
| Related products | Slice, Sprite, 7-Up |
Teem is a lemon-lime-flavored soft drink produced by The Pepsi-Cola Company. It was introduced in 1964 as Pepsi's answer to 7 Up and Coca-Cola's Sprite.[1]
Teem was sold in the United States and Canada until 1984, when Lemon-Lime Slice was introduced, though it was still available at some soda fountains into the 1990s. Sierra Mist has since taken over the Teem role in the US. Teem remains on sale today in Brazil, Uruguay, Honduras, South Africa and Pakistan; it survived into the 1990s in other markets too, before Pepsi authorized vendors to replace it with 7 Up.
Teem's TV ad campaign in the early 1980s challenged viewers to "go ahead... build up that thirst until you can't stand it any more..." (showing, for example, a disheveled old guy eating "two plain dry tacos" bought from a street vendor in the Southwest) "...then BLOW IT AWAY with TEEM."
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- ^ "Managing Imitation Strategies - Steven P. Schnaars - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2002-04-29. http://books.google.com/books?id=7q9oGyKzS2QC&pg=PA92&dq=%22pepsi%22+%22Teem%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IsKkT8KbE4b30gHD76WYBQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22pepsi%22%20%22Teem%22&f=false. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
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Translations:
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Teem
Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - vrimle, myldre, udfolde sig
v. tr. - frembringe, føde
2.
v. intr. - styrte ned, falde tungt
v. tr. - øse, tømme
Nederlands (Dutch)
wemelen, stortregenen
Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - regorger de, fourmiller de
v. tr. - donner naissance à
2.
v. intr. - pleuvoir des cordes
v. tr. - déverser, vider
Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - wimmeln, schütten
2.
v. - entleeren, ausleeren, gießen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βρίθω, είμαι γεμάτος
Português (Portuguese)
v. - abundar, chover a cântaros, esvaziar, procriar
Русский (Russian)
кишеть, изобиловать, (метал.) разливать плавку, течь
Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - hormiguear, pulular, rebosar, estar lleno de, abundar en
v. tr. - engendrar, producir
2.
v. intr. - diluviar
v. tr. - rebosar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vimla, myllra, krylla, ösa (ned)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 倾住, 倾泻, 倒出, 把注入模具
2. 倒出, 把注入模具
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 傾住, 傾瀉
v. tr. - 倒出, 把注入模具
2.
v. tr. - 倒出, 把注入模具
한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - ~ 투성이다, 풍부하다, 많다
v. tr. - ~ 을 낳다, ~의 원인이 되다
2.
v. intr. - (비가) 퍼붓다
v. tr. - (그릇을) 비우다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 満ちている, あふれるほどある, 注ぐ, 激しく降る
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يصب, يفرغ, تلد, تنتج
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - שפע, שרץ, רחש, היה מלא ב-
v. tr. - הוליד
v. intr. - ירד (גשם), ניתך, זרם בשפע
v. tr. - שפך, הריק
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