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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
