Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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intj
Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Topics: video-games
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name
A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
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noun
Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
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noun
A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To form a group, as for sports or work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: team up
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verb
To go together well; to harmonize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, intransitive
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verb
To convey or haul with a team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To form together into a team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Misspelling of teem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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noun
two or more draft animals that work together to pull something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal group
Narrower terms: relay
noun
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: squad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unit, social unit
Narrower terms: A-team, battery, flying squad, major-league team, major-league club, minor-league team, minor-league club, baseball team, basketball team, five, football team, eleven, hockey team, junior varsity, JV, varsity, first team, second string, police squad, squad, powerhouse, offense, offence, defense, defence, defending team, hit squad, section, little-league team, crew
verb
form a team
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: team up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group, aggroup
History
From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Danish tømme (“rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Possibly of Brythonic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European but the exact root is unclear, with suggestions including *temH- (“dark”), *temh1- (“to cut”), and *teh2- (“to melt, flow”).
Across languages
194 source translations are retained for this English entry.
