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Webster 1913 Edition
Team
Team
(tēm)
, Noun.
1.
A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
A
team
of ducklings about her. Holland.
2.
Hence, a number of animals moving together.
A long
team
of snowy swans on high. Dryden.
3.
Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like.
“A team of dolphins.” Spenser.
To take his
team
and till the earth. Piers Plowman.
It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a
team
of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough. Macaulay.
4.
A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.
5.
(Zool.)
A flock of wild ducks.
6.
(O. Eng. Law)
A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
Burrill.
Team
,Verb.
I.
To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
Team
,Verb.
T.
To convey or haul with a team;
as, to
. team
lumber[R.]
Thoreau.
Webster 1828 Edition
Team
TEAM
, n.1.
Two or more horses, oxen or other beasts harnessed together to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, chariot, wagon, cart, sled, sleigh and the like. It has been a great question whether teams of horses or oxen are most advantageously employed in agriculture. In land free from stones and stumps and of easy tillage, it is generally agreed that horses are preferable for teams.2.
Any number passing in a line; a long line. Like a long team of snowy swans on high.
[This is the primary sense, but is rarely used.]
Definition 2024
Team
Team
See also: team
German
Noun
Team n (genitive Teams, plural Teams)
- team
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 5/2010, page 101:
- Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen […]
- A team of 20 top mountain climbers from Nepal wants to head to the summit region of Mount Everest at the end of April, […]
- Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen […]
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 5/2010, page 101:
Declension
Declension of Team
Derived terms
team
team
See also: Team
English
Noun
team (plural teams)
- A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
- Macaulay
- It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 111:
- The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
- Macaulay
- Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
- We need more volunteers for the netball team.
- The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
- (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
- Holland
- a team of ducklings about her
- Dryden
- a long team of snowy swans on high
- Holland
- (Britain, law, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
- ALEXANDER M. BURRILL, LAW DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY, vol II, 1871 URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022836450
- TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
- ALEXANDER M. BURRILL, LAW DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY, vol II, 1871 URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022836450
Usage notes
- When referring to the actions of a sports team, British English typically uses the third-person plural form rather than the third-person singular. However, this is not done in other contexts such as in business or politics.
- 1885, The Cambridge Review, “C.U. Rugby Union: the University vs. Manchester”, in (Please provide the title of the work), volume 86, page 121:
- Manchester were unable to bring the strong team they originally intended, […]
- 2000, Dan Goldstein, The rough guide to English football: a fans' handbook 2000-2001:
- Leeds were champions again.
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Descendants
- German: Team
Derived terms
Translations
set of draught animals
group of people
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Verb
team (third-person singular simple present teams, present participle teaming, simple past and past participle teamed)
- (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
- They teamed to complete the project.
- (transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
- to team lumber
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thoreau to this entry?)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
team
- Misspelling of teem.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama or teamene)
- a team
Synonyms
References
- “team” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama)
- a team
Synonyms
References
- “team” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“pull, draw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tēam m (nominative plural tēamas)
- childbirth
- family, offspring
- a team of draught animals
- an Anglo-Saxon legal procedure in a stolen goods suit