Meaning

1 senses

  1. A downpour (of 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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  4. The forest is teeming with life.

    ruЛес кишит жизнью. — Wezel

    deDer Wald steckt voller Leben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Sami's fridge teemed with small cockroaches.

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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).

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Forms

plural: teems
Singularteem
Pluralteems

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tediousC1tediumC1teeteenB1teenageA2

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