teem
pronunciation
How to pronounce teem in British English:
UK [tiːm]
How to pronounce teem in American English:
US [tiːm]
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- Verb:
- be teeming, be abuzz
- move in large numbers
Word Origin
- teem
- teem: see team
- teem (v.1)
- "abound, swarm, be prolific," Old English teman (Mercian), tieman (West Saxon) "beget, give birth to, bring forth, produce, propagate," from Proto-Germanic *tau(h)mjan (denominative), from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related to team (n.) in its now-obsolete Old English sense of "family, brood of young animals." The meaning "abound, swarm" is first recorded 1590s, on the notion of "be full of as if ready to give birth." Related: Teemed; teeming.
- teem (v.2)
- "to flow copiously," early 14c., "to empty out" (transitive), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse toema "to empty," from tomr "empty," cognate with Old English tom (adj.) "empty, free from." The original notion is of "to empty a vessel," thus "to pour out." Intransitive sense of "to pour, flow, stream" is from 1828. Related: Teemed; teeming.
Example
- 1. Fish and shrimp teem in this river .
- 2. Have you ever been to teem plaza ?
- 3. Sites like youtube teem with videos that are duplicates or are so bad as to be unwatchable .
- 4. And god said , " let the water teem with living creatures , and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky . "
- 5. Yellow and ash should be shown after these plants grind pulverize brown , if the powder of the teem in capsule is lily delicate last stage , it is false medicine .