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Definition: Teem |
TeemVerb1. 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) |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Synonym: TeemSynonym: swarm (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Teem |
| English words defined with "teem": teem in, Teemed. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "teem": Beteem. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Teem | Last name | 170 | 41,886 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "teem" (pronounced tē"m) |
| 3 | t ē" m | esteem, steam, team. |
| 2 | -ē" m | agleam, 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. | ||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 65 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . . -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01100101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0065 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54717179 |
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