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TEAM
team
(noun) two or more draft animals that work together to pull something
team, squad
(noun) a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
team, team up
(verb) form a team; “We teamed up for this new project”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Team
A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.
Anagrams
• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Tema, mate, maté, meat, meta, meta-, tame
Etymology 1
Noun
team (plural teams)
A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
(obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
(UK, legal, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
Usage notes
• In British English, team is construed as plural, emphasizing the members. In US English it is construed as singular, emphasizing the group. This conforms to the general practice in the two dialects for collective nouns.
British English
American English
Verb
team (third-person singular simple present teams, present participle teaming, simple past and past participle teamed)
(intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
(intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
(transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
(transitive) To form together into a team.
(transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
Etymology 2
Verb
team
Misspelling of teem.
Anagrams
• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Tema, mate, maté, meat, meta, meta-, tame
Source: Wiktionary
Team, n. Etym: [OE. tem, team, AS. teám, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget, Icel. taumr to rein, bridle, Dan. tömme, Sw. töm, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw. *64. See Tug, and cf. Teem to bear.]
1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her. Holland.
2. Hence, a number of animals moving together. A long team of snowy swans on high. Dryden.
3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like. "A team of dolphins." Spenser. To take his team and till the earth. Piers Plowman. It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough. Macaulay.
4. A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A flock of wild ducks.
6. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto. Burrill.
Team, v. i.
Definition: To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster. team up, to form one or more teams, either for a common endeavor, or to compete in a contest.
Team, v. t.
Definition: To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.] Thoreau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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