teams
plural of team
teams
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of team
• AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, metas, satem, stame, steam, tames
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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