Dictionary Entry
teem
teem is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
- 2transitive verb
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
- 3adjective
To think fit.
- 4intransitive verb
To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
- 5intransitive verb
To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
- 6transitive verb
To produce; to bring forth.
- 7verb
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"
"beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- 8verb
be teeming, be abuzz
"The garden was swarming with bees"
"The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
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