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):

Examples

51 sentences

  1. The forest is teeming with monkeys.

    ruВ лесу полно обезьян. — Selena777

    deIm Wald wimmelt es von Affen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. My room is teeming with danger.

    ruМоя комната кишит опасностями. — V_Zmoova

    deIn meinem Zimmer wimmelt es vor Gefahren. — virgil

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  3. The street was teeming with people.

    ruУлица была полна людей. — marafon

    deAuf der Straße wimmelt es von Leuten. — kolonjano

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Meaning

9 senses

  1. To be stocked to overflowing.

    von etwas wimmeln, vor etwas strotzen, überquellen

    изоби́ловатьizobílovatʹ, кише́тьkišétʹ

    бути повнимbuty povnym, переповнюватисяperepovnjuvatysja

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

    Fish teem in this pond.

    von etwas wimmeln, vor etwas strotzen

    кишітиkyšity

  3. To pour (especially with rain)

    gießen

    литьlitʹ

More meanings 6

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

    gießen

  2. (Ireland, Scotland)To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).

  3. 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.

    Nachwuchs zeugen, Nachwuchs hervorbringen, Junge werfen

  5. (archaic)To empty.

    entleeren, ausgießen, schütten

    вылива́тьvylivátʹ

  6. (obsolete, rare)To think fit.

More definitions
  • be teeming, be abuzz
  • move in large numbers

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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Forms

teems, teeming, teemed, teemed

regular · Lesson

Base formteem · to teem
3rd person singularteems
Present participleteeming
Past simpleteemed
Past participleteemed

Tenses

teem · teemed · will teem · have teemed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyteem
he, she, itteems

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave teemed
he, she, ithas teemed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill teem

Past simpleLesson

all personsteemed

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
To be prolific:swarmB1
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Derivedoverteemteemerteemfulteemlessteem withteem down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tediousC1tediumC1teeteenB1teenageA2

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