adj
Meaning 1
Abundantly filled with especially living things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
teeming
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/ˈtiːmɪŋ/
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homophone: teaming
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rhymes with -iːmɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: T IY1 M IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Referring to large quantities of rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of teem
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
abundantly filled with especially living things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Third World's teeming millions
- the teeming boulevard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: overvol — abundantly filled
- Dutch: krioelend — abundantly filled
- Māori: pororua — abundantly filled
- Spanish: atestado — abundantly filled
- Spanish: repleto — abundantly filled
- Spanish: lleno — abundantly filled
- Ukrainian: переповнений (perepovnenyj) — abundantly filled
- Ukrainian: кишачий (kyšačyj) — abundantly filled
- Dutch: stortregen — of heavy rain
- Māori: makerewhatu — of heavy rain