teem

Definition

To be stocked to overflowing.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "But well he knew his teeming pangs were vain, Till Midwife Dryden eas’d his labouring Brain;"
• "his mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy"
• "Fish teem in this pond."