teem

Verb

Verb Forms: teemed, teeming, teems

To be full to overflowing; to pour down in abundance.
be teeming, be abuzz
- "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
move in large numbers
To be stocked to overflowing.
To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
To empty.
To pour (especially with rain)
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
To think fit.

Examples

Fish teem in this pond.
The bingo bonus caused her score to teem with points.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English temen (“to bear, to support”), from Anglian Old English tēman (“to give birth”) (West Saxon tīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *taumijan (“to bridle”), from Proto-Germanic *taumijaną, from *taumaz ("bridle", continued in Modern English as team).

Synonyms

pour, pullulate, stream, swarm

Scrabble Score: 6

teem: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
teem: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
teem: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

teem: valid Words With Friends Word