teem

v., teemed, teem·ing, teems.

v.intr.

1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms.
2. Obsolete. To be or become pregnant; bear young.

v.tr. Archaic
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.]

verb

To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: abound, bristle, crawl, flow, overflow, pullulate, swarm. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.

v

Definition: be abundant, full
Antonyms: lack, need, want

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IN BRIEF: To be overflowing; to swarm.

Does your vegetable garden teem with insects and other hungry animals?

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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

Italiano (Italian)
brulicare

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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