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Grammar : Verb
Spell : teem
Phonetic Transcription : tim



Definition of teemed

Origin :
  • "abound, swarm," Old English teman (Mercian), tieman (West Saxon) "give birth to, produce," from Proto-Germanic *taumijanan, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related to team in its now-obsolete Old English sense of "family, brood of young animals." The meaning "be fertile, abound, swarm" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Teemed; teeming.
  • verb be abundant, full
Example sentences :
  • I love thy victorious throne, which teemed with harmonious strains.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • The foundries and dockyards of Algiers teemed with busy workmen.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole
  • Indeed, Juda teemed with monuments erected in honor of the Csars.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • Thebes stood erect, and Memphis teemed upon the river banks.
  • Extract from : « Incredible Adventures » by Algernon Blackwood
  • Before the horde there was a busy world which teemed with life.
  • Extract from : « The Forgotten Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • The place just teemed with the sporadic life of an Antarctic summer.
  • Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
  • This lake, perhaps half a mile in diameter, teemed with trout.
  • Extract from : « The Girl From Tim's Place » by Charles Clark Munn
  • Now he gazed about streets through which teemed the new activity.
  • Extract from : « The Law of Hemlock Mountain » by Hugh Lundsford
  • They were based on false principles and teemed with slander and invective.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bonaventure » by Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.
  • Then, presently, in temples that had teemed, the silence of the desert brooded.
  • Extract from : « The Lords of the Ghostland » by Edgar Saltus

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