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teeming

/ˈtiːmɪŋ/

verb

Meaning

  • To be stocked to overflowing.

  • To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    "Fish teem in this pond."

  • To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

verb

Meaning

  • To empty.

  • To pour (especially with rain)

  • To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.

verb

Meaning

  • To think fit.

adjective

Meaning

  • Abundantly filled with especially living things.

  • Referring to large quantities of rain.