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How to pronounce teem in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pullulate, swarm
Type of buzz, hum, seethe
Has types crawl


The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.
Type Words
Synonyms pour, pullulate, stream, swarm
Type of crowd together, crowd
Has types spill out, pour out, spill over

Examples of teem

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Auckland has a warm climate, with fertile farmland and seas that teem with fish.
From the guardian.co.uk
Landry said TEEM classroom startup costs drop significantly in subsequent years.
From the dallasnews.com
Its rolling grasslands are dotted with sagebrush and teem with deer and antelope.
From the stltoday.com
The coral-fringed coasts, threatened by global warming, teem with unusual fish.
From the economist.com
Public forums regularly teem with anger from both sides at the other's behaviour.
From the metro.co.uk
The woods teem with wildlife and there are endless trails for bikers and walkers.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Jails teem with young black men who later struggle to rejoin society, he says.
From the washingtonpost.com
The place used to teem with people eager for a moment with the commander in chief.
From the kansas.com
Termites'guts teem with hundreds of species of protozoans, bacteria and archaeans.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
  • Pour: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
  • Teem is a lemon-lime-flavored soft drink produced by The Pepsi-Cola Company. It was introduced in 1964 as Pepsi's answer to 7 Up and Coca-Cola's Sprite.
  • To be stocked to overflowing; To be prolific; to abound
  • Theological Education for Emerging Ministries.
  • Terrestrial Environmental Effects Monitoring Committee
  • To strain off or pour off water or any liquid. To teem potatoes is to pour the water off them when they are boiled. In a like sense we say it is teeming rain. Irish taom, same sound and sense.