teem /tiːm/verb 9noun 1forms 3phrases 1 verb9 •To be stocked to overflowing.But well he knew his teeming pangs were vain, Till Midwife Dryden eas’d his labouring Brain — 1685 •To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.Fish teem in this pond. •To fall prolifically."Troth, it's teemin' powerful this instiant up there in the mountains. 'Twill be much if you land home afore it's atop of you; […]" — 1895 •To pour (especially with rain) •To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal. •(Ireland, Scotland) To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.). •(no longer used) To empty. •(no longer used) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.If she must teem, / Create her child of spleen. — 1603 •(no longer used, rare) To think fit.Ah, said he, thou hast confessed and bewrayed all, I could teem it to rend thee in pieces — 1603 noun1 •A downpour (of rain).... under the great teems of rain, and houldin' up the grandest new green umbrella ever you laid eyes on. Fine it was entirely, and an iligant body I was consaitin' meself, goodness forgive me. — 1908 formsteemed · teeming · teems Phrases with teem teem downto rain heavily
