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Definition teem

Etymology 1

From Middle English temen (“to bear, to support”), from Old English t?man, whence also team.

Verb

teem (third-person singular simple present teems, present participle teeming, simple past and past participle teemed)

  1. To be stocked to overflowing.
  2. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
  3. (obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

Etymology 2

From Middle English temen (“to drain”), from Old Norse tœma, from Proto-Germanic *t?mijan? (“to empty, make empty”). Related to English toom (“empty, vacant”). More at toom.

Verb

teem (third-person singular simple present teems, present participle teeming, simple past and past participle teemed)

  1. (archaic) To empty.
  2. To pour (especially with rain)
  3. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.

Etymology 3

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

Verb

teem (third-person singular simple present teems, present participle teeming, simple past and past participle teemed)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To think fit.

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