The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
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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