teeming
(adjective) abundantly filled with especially living things; “the Third World’s teeming millions”; “the teeming boulevard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
teeming
present participle of teem
teeming (comparative more teeming, superlative most teeming)
Abundantly filled with especially living things.
Referring to large quantities of rain.
• meeting
Source: Wiktionary
Teem"ing, a.
Definition: Prolific; productive. Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden.
Teem, v. t. Etym: [Icel. tæma to empty, from tomr empty; akin to Dan. tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. See Toom to empty.]
1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift.
2. (Steel Manuf.)
Definition: To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem, v. t. Etym: [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.]
Definition: To think fit. [Obs. or R.] G. Gifford.
Teem, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] Etym: [OE. temen, AS. teman, t, from teám. See Team.]
1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. Shak.
2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. F. Harrison.
Teem, v. t.
Definition: To produce; to bring forth. [R.] That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
