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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
teem
    v 1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees";
         "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind
         pullulated with worries" [syn: teem, pullulate,
         swarm]
    2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the
       theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour,
       swarm, stream, teem, pullulate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to
      fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.]
   To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            If she must teem,
            Create her child of spleen.           --Shak.
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   2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to
      overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
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            His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to
            cover former villainy.                --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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            The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which
            teem in our time.                     --F. Harrison.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Teem \Teem\, v. t.
   To produce; to bring forth. [R.]
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         That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
         Each minute teems a new one.             --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for teem:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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