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adjective
- 1. full of people or things; crowded: "she walked through the teeming streets"
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teeming | American Dictionary. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈti·mɪŋ / Add to word list. filled with the activity of many people or things: He was enchanted by the teeming streets and outdoor markets in the village. (Definition of teeming from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. a. : to become filled to overflowing : abound. b. : to be present in large quantity. 2. obsolete : to become pregnant : conceive. transitive verb. archaic : bring forth : give birth to : produce. teemingly. ˈtē-miŋ-lē. adverb. teemingness noun. 2 of 2. verb (2) teemed; teeming; teems. transitive verb. : empty, pour.
Teeming definition: abounding or swarming with something, as with people. See examples of TEEMING used in a sentence.
Teeming means completely full, especially with living things. If your grandmother's apartment is teeming with cats, she sure has a lot of them. Any time something (or someplace) is filled with life, it's teeming with it.
TEEM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of teem in English. teem. verb [ I ] UK uk / tiːm / us / tiːm / (also teem down) Add to word list. to rain heavily: It's been teeming down all day. It's teeming with rain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Precipitation: rain. bucket down. cloud seeder. cloud seeding. cloudburst.
Definition of 'teeming' Word Frequency. teeming in British English. (ˈtiːmɪŋ ) adjective. 1. abounding in people, fish, insects, etc. The city's normally teeming streets were virtually deserted. the streets of Cairo, a teeming city of 13 million people. Boys pulled salmon from a teeming river. 2. dense or bustling.
Definition of teeming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
