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Teem

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Verb

1. pullulate, swarm, teem

be teeming, be abuzz

Example Sentences:
'The garden was swarming with bees'
'The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen'
'her mind pullulated with worries'

2. pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem

move in large numbers

Example Sentences:
'people were pouring out of the theater'
'beggars pullulated in the plaza'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Teem

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verb
1. (intransitive; usually foll by with)
to be prolific or abundant (in); abound (in)
2. obsolete
to bring forth (young)
verb
1. (intr; often foll by down or with rain)
to pour in torrents
it's teeming down
2. (transitive)
to pour or empty out

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Teem

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verb intransitive
1.  Obsolete
to produce offspring; bear
2. 
to be full, as though ready to bring forth young; abound; swarm
a river teeming with fish
verb transitive
1. 
to empty; pour out
verb intransitive
2. 
to pour
a teeming rain

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Teem

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v. teemed, teem·ing, teems
v.intr.
1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms.
2. Obsolete To be or become pregnant; bear young.
v.tr.
Archaic
To give birth to.
v. teemed, teem·ing, teems
v.intr.
To rain hard or heavily; pour.
v.tr.
To pour out or empty: teemed the molten ore into a huge mold.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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