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Webster 1913 Edition
Teem
Teem
,Verb.
T.
[Icel.
tæma
to empty, from tōmr
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.)
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Teemed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Teeming
.] 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
Create her child of spleen.
teem
,Create her child of spleen.
Shakespeare
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
,Verb.
T.
To produce; to bring forth.
[R.]
That [grief] of an hour’s age doth hiss the speaker;
Each minute
Each minute
teems
a new one. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Teem
TEEM
, v.i.1.
To bring forth,as young. If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen--
2.
To be pregnant; to conceive; to engender young. Teeming buds and cheerful greens appear.
3.
To be full; to be charged; as a breeding animal; to be prolific. Every head teems with politics.4.
To bring forth; to produce, particularly in abundance. The earth teems with fruits; the sea teems with fishes.TEEM
,Verb.
T.
What's the newest grief?
Each minute teems a new one.
[This transitive sense is not common.]
1.
To pour. [Not in use.]