Definition: teem

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

teem
     v : be teeming, be abuzz [syn: swarm]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m.
   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 \Teem\, v. t.
   To produce; to bring forth. [R.]

         That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
         Each minute teems a new one.             --Shak.
Teem \Teem\, v. t. [Icel. t[ae]ma to empty, from t[=o]mr empty;
   akin to Dan. t["o]mme to empty, Sw. t["o]mma. See Toom to
   empty.]
   1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
      [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Swift.

   2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to
      fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.]
   To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford.