teem

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

teems

V_ing/Gerund

teeming

V_ed/pp

teemed

1.
To be stocked to overflowing.
2.
To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
Fish teem in this pond.
3.
(of rain, snow, etc) To fall prolifically.
4.
(obsolete)To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
5.
(archaic)To empty.
6.
To pour (especially with rain)
7.
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
8.
(Ireland, Scotland)(cooking, Scotland, Ireland) To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).
9.
(obsolete, rare)To think fit.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

teems

1.
A downpour (of rain).

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Đồng nghĩa

swarm

Cùng gốc / liên quan

overteem teemer teemful teemlessteem with

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English temen (to bear, to support), from tēman (to give birth) (tīeman), from *taumijan (to bridle), from Proto-Germanic *taumijaną, from *taumaz ("bridle", continued in Modern English as team).