TEEMING

teeming

(adjective) abundantly filled with especially living things; “the Third World’s teeming millions”; “the teeming boulevard”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

teeming

present participle of teem

Adjective

teeming (comparative more teeming, superlative most teeming)

Abundantly filled with especially living things.

Referring to large quantities of rain.

Anagrams

• meeting

Source: Wiktionary


Teem"ing, a.

Definition: Prolific; productive. Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden.

TEEM

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



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CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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