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adjective
- 1. full of people or things; crowded: "she walked through the teeming streets"
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adjective. uk / ˈtiː.mɪŋ / us / ˈtiː.mɪŋ /. Add to word list. If a place is teeming, it is full of people: the teeming metropolis. Synonyms. replete formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Plenty and abundant.
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. teem molten metal into a mold
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.
(Definition of teem from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) teem | American Dictionary. verb [ I ] us / tim / Add to word list. to rain heavily: You can’t go out without an umbrella – it’s teeming out there. Phrasal verb.
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. They pushed their way through the teeming crowd. Collins English Dictionary.
Teeming definition: abounding or swarming with something, as with people. See examples of TEEMING used in a sentence.
Definition of teeming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
