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Teem

Definition: Teem

Teem

Verb

1. Be teeming, be abuzz.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "teem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Teem

DomainDefinitions

Mining

To pour molten metal from a ladle into ingot molds. The term applies particularly to the specific operation of pouring either iron or steelinto ingot molds. Also called teeming. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Teem

Synonym: swarm (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Teem

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Multitude

Verb: be numerous; Adjective: swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd, swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like locusts, swarm like bees.

Production

Flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world.

Productiveness

Verb: make -productive; Adjective: fructify; procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative, impregnate; fecundate, fecundify; teem, multiply; produce; conceive.

Sufficiency

Abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down; pour, pour in; swarm; bristle with; superabound.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Teem

English words defined with "teem": teem in, Teemed. (references)
Etymologies containing "teem": Beteem. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Teem

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Teem

"Teem" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 37.50% of the time. "Teem" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)37.5%3202,518
Noun (singular)37.5%3202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)25%2245,945
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Teem

The following table summarizes the usage of "teem" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TeemLast name17041,886
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Teem

Expressions using "teem": teem down teem in teem spirit. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "teem": teem-x.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Teem

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

teem

27

teem titans

5

teem titans.com

5

teem chat

5

sex teem

4

teem chat rooms

3

model teem

3

ladyboy teem

2

free porn teem

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Teem

Language Translations for "teem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gëlon (abound, come in multitude, crawl, flow, swarm, throng), bie me rrëmbim. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فرخ بسرعة, ‏فرخ (pullulate), ‏تنتج, ‏تلد (bear, give birth, kitten, lamb, procreate), ‏تحبل, ‏زخر (abound), ‏صب (cast, casting, cut, decant, discharge, flow, imbue, infusion, lave, molding, moulding, paint, pigment, pour, rain, shaping), ‏إحتشد (be gathered, congregate, crowd, flock, huddle, jostle, muster, swarm, throng, troop). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

гъмжа (crawl, infest, pullulate, swarm), плъпвам (spread, swarm), плодороден съм, изобилствувам (abound, be infested, exuberate, infest), изливам метал в калъп. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'出 (Teemed, teeming). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vylévat (pour, pour out, unburden), oplývat (abound, brim over), hemžit se (abound, crawl, Eddy, shoal, swarm). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stoebe pottens indhold ud (to cast the pot, to teem). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

van boven gieten (down-hill teem, top pour), van boven afgegoten (down-hill teem, top pour), van beneden afgegoten (down-hill teem, top pour), uitgieten van de pot (to cast the pot, to teem), staalaftap (steel tap, teeming, to teem), opkomend gieten (down-hill teem, top pour), gieten (cast, casting, irrigate, mold, mould, pour, rain cats and dogs, scatter, shed, tapping, to cast, to pour, to run off, to tap, to teem, water), aftappen (bottle, derive, discharge, drain, draining of the furnace, eduction, emptying, oil change, tap, tapping, to cast, to pour, to tap, to teem), afsteken (bevel, cast, contrast, cut off, pouring, slicing, tapping, to cast, to pour, to tap, to teem). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فراوان بودن , پربودن , زاءیدن (Bear, Breed, Calve, Litter, Produce), باروربودن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valaa upokaslasi (to cast the pot, to teem). (various references)

   

French

  

verser, se masser, pulluler, produire, pleuvoir, fourmiller de, donner naissance, abonder, être enceinte. (various references)

   

German

  

wimmeln (abound, seethe, swarm, to swarm). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αφθονώ (abound, be legion). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשפוע (abound, discharge, emanate, flow), לשרוץ (abound, be infested, breed, crawl, infest, pullulate, swarm). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szül (bear, bore, born, engender, give birth to, to be confined, to bear, to bring forth, to gender, to give birth), bõvelkedik (abound, exuberate). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

berkerumun (assemble, cluster around, come together, crowd, swarm over, throng). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pullulare (pullulate, swarm), diluviare (pour, shower, water), brulicare (swarm), abbondare (abound, plentiful). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

充満ている (to be filled with, to be pregnant with, to teem with). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

みちみちている (to be filled with, to be pregnant with, to teem with). (various references)

   

Manx

  

teaum (pour). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eemtay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pulular (abound, pullulate, swarm), proliferar (proliferate, pullulate), parir (calve, cast, cub, dough, far-seeing, fawning, foalfoot, give birth, give birth to, kid, kittenish, lambaste, pup, yean), gerar (beget, breed, bring forth, conceive, create, engender, father, gene, generate, procreate, reproduce, sire), estar cheio, enxamear (abound, swarm, to swarm), abundar (abound, exuberate, swarm). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

genera (beget, engender, generate, incite), fi roditor. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кишмя кишеть, кишеть (be infested, crawl, infest, overrun, pullulate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrveti (mill, shoal, swarm), liti (flow, pour, weep), biti prepun (brim over). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pulular (pullulate, swarm). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vimla (crawl, swarm), myllra (crawl, pullulate, swarm). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ให้กำเนิ" (ลูกหลาน), เทออก, มีอยู่คับคั่ง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yavrulamak (breed, calve, cub, drop, farrow, fawn, foal, have kitten, kid, kitten, litter, pig, propagate, pup, spawn, throw, whelp, yean), meyve vermek (bear fruit, fructify, set), kaynamak (abound, boil, boil away, bubble up, come to the boil, conglutinate, join, seethe, spill over with, swarm, weld, well), hamile olmak (be expecting, be pregnant, have a bun in the oven), dolu olmak (abound, be filled with, be full, bristle, crawl, spill over with), dökmek (cast, deplenish, deplete, diffuse, dump, effuse, empty, found, pour, pour from, pour out, pour out of, shed, shower, slop, slosh on, spill, tip, tip over, unbosom), dökülmek (be poured, come off, course, disembogue, disgorge, drape, empty, fall, fall into, fall into decay, fall off, fall out, feel cheap, flow, go to pieces, molder, moulder, Peel, peel off, pour, pour forth, pour out, rub off, run down, slop over, spill, trail), bol olmak (abound, grow on trees), boşaltmak (bleed, clean, clean out, clear, clear out, close out, debus, deplenish, deplete, discharge, disgorge, dismantle, drain, drain away, drain off, draw off, drop off, dump, ejaculate, empty, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, let off, pour, pour from, pour out of, quit, strip, tip, tip out, tip over, turn out, unlade, unload, unpack, vacate, void), boşalmak (cream, cum, discharge, drain away, drain off, ejaculate, empty, exhaust, run down, swell), bardaktan boşanırcasına yağmak (beat down, bucket, come down in sheets, lash, lash down, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain in torrents). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

кишіти (abound in, overrun, pullulate, swarm), народжувати (bear, beget, birth, child, engender, give birth). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

hilio (breed, bring forth), epilio (breed, bring forth). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Teem

Derivations

Words beginning with "teem": teemed, teemer, teemers, teeming, teemingly, teemingness, teemingnesses, teems. (additional references)

Words ending with "teem": disesteem, esteem, misesteem. (additional references)

Words containing "teem": committeeman, committeemen, disesteemed, disesteeming, disesteems, esteemed, esteeming, esteems, misesteemed, misesteeming, misesteems. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Teem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atem, ceem, eem, etam, Etem, Eteq, etim, etm, etom, jeem, keem, meem, taum, teec, teef, teeh, teej, teeme, teep, teeq, teev, teez, tege, Tegea, tegen, tein, tej, telen, telm, temeo, temi, temm, Temo, tenen, Teomi, teq, terem, teren, teun, teve, texen, teye, teyen, teze, theam, tiam, tiej, tiem, tiom, tlem, toem, togem, toim, tokem, tolem, tosem, toum, towem, treim, trem, treme, tse, tuam, ty, tym, Tyma, tzee, Uteem, veem, weem. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Teem"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "teem" (pronounced tē"m)
3t ē" mesteem, steam, team.
2-ē" magleam, beam, bream, cream, creme, deem, dream, extreme, gleam, Hakim, passim, ream, redeem, regime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, stream, supreme, theme, upstream.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Teem

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: meet, mete.

Words within the letters "e-e-m-t"

-1 letter: eme, met, tee.

-2 letters: em, et, me.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-m-t"
 

+1 letter: emmet, emote, meets, meted, meter, metes, metre, remet, retem, teems, theme.

 

+2 letters: betime, cement, cermet, dement, demote, emetic, emetin, emeute, emmets, emoted, emoter, emotes, esteem, exempt, gamete, gemote, helmet, itemed, meated, meeter, meetly, melted, melter, merest, mestee, metage, metate, meteor, metepa, meters, metier, metope, metred, metres, mettle, mustee, omelet, pelmet, reemit, remate, remeet, remelt, remote, reteam, retems, retime, taxeme, teamed, teemed, teemer, tegmen, telome, temped, tempeh, temper, temple, termed, termer, themed, themes, therme, tmeses, toneme, unmeet.

 

+3 letters: agamete, ammeter, amputee, amreeta, bedmate, bedtime, benempt, betimes, cementa, cements, centime, cermets, clement, compete, cremate, dements, demerit, demeton, demoted, demotes, dimeter, edemata, element, elmiest, emanate, embrute, emerita, emeriti, emetics, emetine, emetins, emeutes, eminent, emirate, emitted, emitter, emoters, emotive, emptied, emptier, empties, emulate, enemata, epitome, eremite, esteems, etamine, exempts, extrema, extreme, fermate, ferment, fumette, gametes, gatemen, gemmate, gemotes, gumtree, helmets, itemise, itemize, machete, maleate, manatee, matinee, meanest, meatier, meatmen, mediate, meekest, meerkat, meeters, meeting, meltage, melters, memento, merited, mestees, mesteso, metages, metaled, metamer, metates, meteors, metepas, metered, methane, metiers, metisse, metopae, metopes, mettled, mettles, mismeet, mitered, miterer, mofette, mozette, musette, mustees, omelets, onetime, pelmets, permute, preempt, premeet, preterm, reemits, remated, remates, remeets, remelts, remoter, remotes, resmelt, reteams, retimed, retimes, segment, septime, smelted, smelter, steamed, steamer, stemmed, stemmer, tagmeme, taxemes, teatime, teemers, teeming, tegumen, teleman, telemen, telomes, tempehs, tempera, tempers, tempest, templed, temples, templet, tempted, tempter, termers, termite, theorem, thermae, thermel, thermes, tonemes, tremble, trireme, triseme, umpteen.

 

+4 letters: abetment, agametes, ameerate, ammeters, ammocete, amputees, amreetas, anthemed, antimere, atheneum, atremble, attemper, averment, bakemeat, basement, beamiest, bedmates, bedtimes, behemoth, bemisted, bimester, bluestem, bodement, boehmite, bregmate, casemate, casement, cellmate, cemented, cementer, cementum, cemetery, centimes, cerement, coempted, comether, competed, competes, complete, copemate, cremated, cremates, crewmate, decimate, deemster, demasted, demented, dementia, demerits, demetons, demitted, dempster, demurest, diameter, dimeters, earthmen, easement, ectoderm, ectomere, electrum, elements, emaciate, emanated, emanates, embattle, embitter, embruted, embrutes, emeerate, emendate, emergent, emeritae, emeritas, emeritus, emetines, emigrate, emirates, emitters, emptiers, emptiest, emulated, emulates, enmities, entameba, entoderm, entombed, epistome, epitomes, eremites, eremitic, erethism, erumpent, erythema, esteemed, estimate, etamines, exanthem, exempted, extremer, extremes, extremum, ferments, flextime, fomented, fomenter, foretime, fretsome, fumettes, gamester, geminate, gemmated, gemmates, gemmiest, gemstone, geometer, geometry, germiest, gimleted, gumtrees, helmeted, helpmate, helpmeet, hematein, hematine, hematite, hemipter, hemocyte, hempiest, hermetic, homesite, hotelmen, ilmenite, itemised, itemises, itemized, itemizer, itemizes, lamented, lamenter, lifetime, macerate, machetes, makebate, maleates, malemute, manatees, mantelet, maquette, marketed, marketer, masseter, mastered, mateless, matelote, materiel, matinees, mattered, mealiest, mealtime, meantime, meathead, meatiest, meatless, meatuses, mediated, mediates, medicate, meditate, meerkats, meetings, meetness, megabyte, melanite, melilite, melinite, meltable, meltages, mementos, menthene, mentored, meristem, merriest, meshiest, mesquite, messiest, messmate, mestesos, metalise, metalize, metalled, metamere, metamers, meteoric, meterage, metering, methanes, metisses, mezquite, mimetite, miquelet, miseaten, misenter, misevent, mismeets, missteer, miterers, moderate, modester, mofettes, moffette, moieties, molested, molester, monetise, monetize, moquette, mothered, motleyer, movement, mozzette, muenster, muleteer, murrelet, musettes, mustered, muteness, mutineer, muttered, mutterer, nematode, numerate, odometer, oedemata, ohmmeter, omelette, oogamete, orometer, overmelt, overtame, overtime, palmette, pavement, pediment, permeant, permeate, permuted, permutes, pipestem, plumelet, preempts, racemate, realtime, redreamt, regiment, remanent, remarket, remaster, remelted, reminted, remitted, remitter, remotely, remotest, resmelts, reteamed, retemper, rimester, roomette, routemen, seamiest, seamster, seatmate, sediment, seedtime, segments, semester, semimute, semitone, septimes, smectite, smelters, smeltery, somerset, sometime, stampede, steamers, steamier, stemless, stemlike, stemmers, stemmery, stemmier, stemware, stepdame, streamed, streamer, subtheme, tagmemes, talesmen, tameable, tameless, tameness, tampered, tamperer, teamaker, teammate, teamster, teatimes, teetotum, tegmenta, tegument, telefilm, telegram, telemark, telomere, temerity, temperas, tempered, temperer, tempests, template, templets, tempters, tenement, tenesmic, tenesmus, termites, termless, termtime, tetramer, theorems, theremin, thermels, thermite, timbered, timeless, timelier, timeline, tiresome, totemite, trameled, trembled, trembler, trembles, trimeter, triremes, trisemes, tumefied, tumefies, twelvemo, udometer, umbellet, umbrette, umteenth, unmeetly, unmelted, vehement, vestment, watermen, weldment, yawmeter, yokemate, zonetime.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Teem


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 65 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01100101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#101 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0065 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54717179

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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