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

1. transitive verb. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
2. transitive verb. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
3. adjective. To think fit.
4. intransitive verb. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
5. intransitive verb. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
6. transitive verb. To produce; to bring forth.
7. verb. move in large numbers

   "people were pouring out of the theater"

   "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

   Synonyms: pour, pullulate, stream, swarm

8. verb. be teeming, be abuzz

   "The garden was swarming with bees"

   "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"

   Synonyms: pullulate, swarm

Synonyms

pour, pullulate, stream, swarm

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in teem:

meet, mete

Common word forms

teems, teemed, teemer, teemful, teeming, teemless

Words from these letters

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