An article published in Harvard Menâs Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TEEMING
teeming
(adjective) abundantly filled with especially living things; âthe Third Worldâs teeming millionsâ; âthe teeming boulevardâ
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. tÊma 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 teĂĄm. 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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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; âthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; âLet them eat cakeââ
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