Thesaurus: teem

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1. v. t. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
2. v. t. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
3. a. To think fit.
4. v. i. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
5. v. i. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
6. v. t. To produce; to bring forth.
7. v. be teeming, be abuzz
8. v. move in large numbers
9. 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift. 2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal. To think fit. [Obs. or R.] G. Gifford. 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. Shak. 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. F. Harrison. To produce; to bring forth. [R.] That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. Shak.
10. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, withmolten metal.
11. v:100 v. be teeming, be abuzz