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teeming

verb adjective

To be stocked to overflowing.

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
T
Ends with
G
Contains
EE
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈtiːmɪŋ/

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. To be stocked to overflowing.

  2. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    “Fish teem in this pond.”

  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.

In context

Example Sentences

Fish teem in this pond.
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