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teeming

1

[tee-ming]

adjective

  1. abounding or swarming with something, as with people.

    We elbowed our way through the teeming station.

  2. prolific or fertile.



teeming

2

[tee-ming]

adjective

  1. falling in torrents.

    a teeming rain.

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Other Word Forms

  • teemingly adverb
  • teemingness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teeming1

First recorded in 1525–35; teem 1 + -ing 2

Origin of teeming2

First recorded in 1685–95; teem 2 + -ing 2
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It was a balmy Thursday afternoon at the residential hostel of the BJ Medical College and the canteen was teeming with students getting lunch.

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Foot traffic was sparse Tuesday morning on South Broadway, a street normally teeming with shoppers and pedestrians.

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"They pushed me over at gunpoint. I spent two days without food or water in the middle of a field in knee-deep water teeming with mosquitoes and leeches," Ms Banu said, wiping away tears.

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Now, in late spring, it is teeming with bird life.

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The catacombs beneath a crumbling city have cracked wide open, revealing a vast, spiraling dungeon teeming with strange beasts and stranger plants.

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