English dictionary

teeming

verb

Pronunciation

/ˈtiːmɪŋ/

Parts of speech

verb adjective

Definitions

verb

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

verb

  1. 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.

verb

  1. To think fit.

adjective

  1. Abundantly filled with especially living things.
  2. Referring to large quantities of rain.

Example sentences

Fish teem in this pond.
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