Definition of "teem" in Englisch

verb

1. To be stocked to overflowing.

2. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

   • Fish teem in this pond.

3. (of rain, snow, etc) To fall prolifically.

4. (obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

noun

1. A downpour (of rain).

verb

1. (archaic) To empty.

2. To pour (especially with rain)

3. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.

4. (cooking, Scotland, Ireland) To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).

verb

1. (obsolete, rare) To think fit.