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adjective
- 1. full of people or things; crowded: "she walked through the teeming streets"
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teeming | American Dictionary. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈti·mɪŋ / Add to word list. filled with the activity of many people or things: He was enchanted by the teeming streets and outdoor markets in the village. (Definition of teeming from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. a. : to become filled to overflowing : abound. b. : to be present in large quantity. 2. obsolete : to become pregnant : conceive. transitive verb. archaic : bring forth : give birth to : produce. teemingly. ˈtē-miŋ-lē. adverb. teemingness noun. 2 of 2. verb (2) teemed; teeming; teems. transitive verb. : empty, pour. teem molten metal into a mold
Teeming definition: abounding or swarming with something, as with people. See examples of TEEMING used in a sentence.
TEEM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of teem in English. teem. verb [ I ] UK uk / tiːm / us / tiːm / (also teem down) Add to word list. to rain heavily: It's been teeming down all day. It's teeming with rain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Precipitation: rain. bucket down. cloud seeder. cloud seeding. cloudburst.
1. abounding in people, fish, insects, etc. The city's normally teeming streets were virtually deserted. the streets of Cairo, a teeming city of 13 million people. Boys pulled salmon from a teeming river. 2. dense or bustling. They pushed their way through the teeming crowd. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Teeming means completely full, especially with living things. If your grandmother's apartment is teeming with cats, she sure has a lot of them. Any time something (or someplace) is filled with life, it's teeming with it.
Definition of teeming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define teeming. teeming synonyms, teeming pronunciation, teeming translation, English dictionary definition of teeming. 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...
teeming. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English teem‧ing /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ adjective 1 full of people, animals etc that are all moving around the teeming streets of the city 2 British English teeming rain is very heavy rain She walked home through the teeming rain.
Other forms: teeming; teemed; teems. If your neighborhood seems to teem with cats, that means there are a lot of cats running around. When something teems, it swarms or overflows with a large number of things. Don't confuse teem with team.
