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[ tee-ming ] / ˈti mɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR teeming ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveabounding or swarming with something, as with people: We elbowed our way through the teeming station. prolific or fertile. Origin of teeming1First recorded in 1525–35; teem1 + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM teemingteem·ing·ly, adverbteem·ing·ness, nounWords nearby teemingtee-hee, teeing ground, tee-joint, teek, teem, teeming, teen, Teena, teenage, teenager, teener Definition for teeming (2 of 2)[ tee-ming ] / ˈti mɪŋ /
adjectivefalling in torrents: a teeming rain. Origin of teeming2First recorded in 1685–95; teem2 + -ing2 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for teemingSo for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet. A Year In The Life of The Canterbury Tales’ Storied Beginnings|Wendy Smith|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ebola causes the body to excrete fluids that are teeming with the virus. New York Nurses Are the Calm in Ebola’s Storm|Abby Haglage|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Remember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins? Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia|Michael Moynihan|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST A new study claims breast milk ordered online is teeming with bacteria. Buy That Breast Milk!|Kent Sepkowitz|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I hated the concrete, cursed the teeming masses who looked just like me. I Can’t Shake Hawaii: An Ode to Returning to Places You’ve Been Before|Debra A. Klein|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Was she merely a creature bred of the teeming earth, or had she an individuality beyond the earth? Water-beetles, ephemeræ, and the teeming aquatic insects constitute its food. Poachers and Poaching|John Watson For the next few days their journey was without adventure, save for the frequent eluding of the monsters of that teeming world. In the Morning of Time|Charles G. D. Roberts In place of the natural forest, with its varied and teeming life, we have what Wordsworth called a timber factory. Wayside and Woodland Trees|Edward Step In the cool of the evening Spence and Ibrahim rode through the teeming streets to the Governor's house. When It Was Dark|Guy Thorne
Words related to teemingfilled, brimming, packed, overflowing, swarming, bursting, crawling, replete, crammed, bristling, thronged, alive, chock-full, fruitful, multitudinous, numerous, plentiful, populous, pregnant, rife |