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adjective
- 1. full of people or things; crowded: "she walked through the teeming streets"
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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)
Teeming definition: abounding or swarming with something, as with people. See examples of TEEMING used in a sentence.
filled with the activity of many people or things: He was enchanted by the teeming streets and outdoor markets in the village. (Definition of teeming from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of teeming?
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.
Define teeming. teeming synonyms, teeming pronunciation, teeming translation, English dictionary definition of teeming. v. teemed , teem·ing , teems v. intr. 1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms. 2. Obsolete To be or become...
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. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
(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.
teeming. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English teem‧ing /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ adjective 1 full of people, animals etc that are all moving around the teeming streets of the city 2 British English teeming rain is very heavy rain She walked home through the teeming rain.
Definition of teeming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot. For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists. American English : teem / ˈtim /
