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Meanings of teem in English

Portuguese
formigar
Catalan
abundar

Move in large numbers.

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        Usage of teem in English
        1
        Hidden kingdoms underwater teem with life at this special time of year.
        BBC
        2
        A place where community gardens teem with bees, vegetables, chickens, and... fish.
        BBC
        3
        Therefore it had been made to teem with animal and vegetable plenty.
        The Mettle of the Pasture
        4
        Does not this earth teem with them-theautumnal winds moan with them?
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1...
        5
        But with fame comes competition: Kickstarter and Amazon teem with electric skateboards now.
        Wired
        6
        The lessons of the Lord and his apostles teem with types.
        The Parables of Our Lord
        7
        The earth, the air, and the water teem with insect life.
        Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
        8
        The waters teem with fish of the most brilliantly beautiful colors.
        The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner
        9
        As matter of fact, the bardic writings teem with this idea.
        Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.
        10
        The streets appeared to the country-bred youth to teem with life.
        Tom Tufton's Travels
        11
        Nor less did the fruitful river teem with varied forms of animal life.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 / A Magazi...
        12
        Outside of the clearings, and of the beaten tracks of travel, they teem.
        Through the Brazilian Wilderness
        13
        The oldest chronicles of Japan teem with instances of obligatory vengeance.
        Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
        14
        Only in the bubble of stars behind them did worlds teem.
        The dark side of the sun
        15
        Our hundred islands ringed by these soft waters teem with the red-skinned fish.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Their well-directed diligence made the valley teem with activity, joy, health, and opulence.
        Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
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