C2verb · intransitive · rare

teem

teem · teems · teemed · teeming

бути повним, переповнюватися, кишіти

кишеть, лить, изобиловать

vor etwas strotzen, von etwas wimmeln, gießen, überquellen

To be stocked to overflowingTo be stocked to overflowing.

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/tiːm/

» The forest is teeming with monkeys.

Im Wald wimmelt es von Affen.

В лесу полно обезьян.

Лес полон обезьян.

Лес кишит обезьянами.

Meaning

9 senses

To be stocked to overflowing.
von etwas wimmeln, vor etwas strotzen, überquellen
изоби́ловатьizobílovatʹ, кише́тьkišétʹ
бути повнимbuty povnym, переповнюватисяperepovnjuvatysja
To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
Fish teem in this pond.
von etwas wimmeln, vor etwas strotzen
кишітиkyšity
To fall prolifically.
To pour (especially with rain)
gießen
литьlitʹ
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
gießen
(Ireland, Scotland)To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).
(obsolete)To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
Nachwuchs zeugen, Nachwuchs hervorbringen, Junge werfen
(archaic)To empty.
entleeren, ausgießen, schütten
вылива́тьvylivátʹ
(obsolete, rare)To think fit.

More definitions

be teeming, be abuzz
move in large numbers

Examples

51 sentences

The forest is teeming with monkeys.
ruВ лесу полно обезьян.
deIm Wald wimmelt es von Affen.
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My room is teeming with danger.
ruМоя комната кишит опасностями.
deIn meinem Zimmer wimmelt es vor Gefahren.
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The street was teeming with people.
ruУлица была полна людей.
deAuf der Straße wimmelt es von Leuten.
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The forest is teeming with life.
ruЛес кишит жизнью.
deDer Wald steckt voller Leben.
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Sami's fridge teemed with small cockroaches.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

overflowing with:

to be prolific; to abound:

Русский

By meaning 3

overflowing with:

to empty:

to pour (rain):

Deutsch

By meaning 4

overflowing with:

to bring forth young or to produce fruit:

to empty:

to pour (rain):

Origin

From Middle English temen (“to bear, to support”), from Anglian Old English tēman (“to giv

From Middle English temen (“to bear, to support”), from Anglian Old English tēman (“to give birth”) (West Saxon Old English tīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *taumijan (“to bridle”), from Proto-Germanic *taumijaną, from *taumaz ("bridle", continued in Modern English as team).

From Middle English temen (“to drain”), from Old Norse tœma, from Proto-Germanic *tōmijaną (“to empty, make empty”). Cognate to Swedish tömma. Related to English toom (“empty, vacant”). More at toom.

From Middle English temen (“to be suitable, befit”), from Old English *teman, from Proto-Germanic *temaną (“to fit”). Cognate with Low German temen, tamen (“to befit”), Dutch betamen (“to befit”), German ziemen. See also tame (adjective) and compare beteem.

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