teem

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}]
    

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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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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Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See {Tame}, a., and cf. {Beteem}.]
   To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford.
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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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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "teem":
      abound, abound with, be alive with, be fruitful, be productive,
      beget, bespread, bristle, bristle with, burst with, bustle,
      clutter, cram, crawl, crawl with, creep with, crowd, diffuse,
      drench, engender, extend throughout, exuberate, fill, flood, flow,
      fructify, gush, honeycomb, imbue, jam, know no bounds, lash,
      leave no void, leaven, luxuriate, multiply, occupy, overabound,
      overbrim, overflow, overflow with, overgrow, overrun, overspill,
      overspread, overswarm, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pour,
      proliferate, pullulate, pullulate with, rain, reproduce, run over,
      run riot, run through, shower, spill over, stream, suffuse,
      superabound, swarm, swarm with, teem with, throng with,
      transfuse