overteemv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈtiːm/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈtim/

Forms: see over- prefix and teem v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, teem v.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + teem v.¹ Compare earlier overteeming adj., overteemed adj.

Now rare.

intransitive. To teem excessively (with people, substances, etc.); to be excessively productive or fertile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)] > excessively

overteem1818

overbreed1871

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > exhaust land [verb (transitive)] > exhaust

wear?1507

to wear out1586

drive1645

to run out1698

overcrop1743

exhaust1787

overteem1818

skin1845

nigger1859

overplant1890

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > use up completely or exhaust

stanch1338

exhaust1541

soak1577

tire1589

to suck dry1592

to run away with1622

exantlate1660

to spin out1718

rack1778

overteem1818

deplete1850

to stream out1894

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)] > exhaust by excessive breeding

overbreed1598

to breed outa1616

overteem1877

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 30 Such a dream That never tongue, although it overteem With mellow utterance, like a cavern spring, Could figure out.

1860 ‘G. F. Preston’ Ballads & Metrical Sketches 209 Here all the air o'erteems with liquid odours, Here richest verdure carpets all the sod.

1877 S. Baring-Gould Myst. Suffering 32 If productiveness were conceivable without death to check the increase, the world would overteem.

1998 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 July 54 The director-screenwriter grew up in a similar community, and she is familiar with the sense of tiny houses overteeming with life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overteem
释义	overteemv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtiːm/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtim/ Forms: see over- prefix and teem v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, teem v.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + teem v.¹ Compare earlier overteeming adj., overteemed adj. Now rare. intransitive. To teem excessively (with people, substances, etc.); to be excessively productive or fertile. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)] > excessively overteem1818 overbreed1871 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > exhaust land [verb (transitive)] > exhaust wear?1507 to wear out1586 drive1645 to run out1698 overcrop1743 exhaust1787 overteem1818 skin1845 nigger1859 overplant1890 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > use up completely or exhaust stanch1338 exhaust1541 soak1577 tire1589 to suck dry1592 to run away with1622 exantlate1660 to spin out1718 rack1778 overteem1818 deplete1850 to stream out1894 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)] > exhaust by excessive breeding overbreed1598 to breed outa1616 overteem1877 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 30 Such a dream That never tongue, although it overteem With mellow utterance, like a cavern spring, Could figure out. 1860 ‘G. F. Preston’ Ballads & Metrical Sketches 209 Here all the air o'erteems with liquid odours, Here richest verdure carpets all the sod. 1877 S. Baring-Gould Myst. Suffering 32 If productiveness were conceivable without death to check the increase, the world would overteem. 1998 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 July 54 The director-screenwriter grew up in a similar community, and she is familiar with the sense of tiny houses overteeming with life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1818
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