Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of teem
adjectiveteeming (comparative more teeming, superlative most teeming)
comparative more teeming · superlative most teeming
- regionalBearing offspring; breeding; pregnant.First known use 16th c.
Seventy beds keeps he there teeming mothers are wont that they lie for to thole and bring forth bairns hale so God's angel to Mary quoth.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 368 - Hugely productive; prolific, fertile.First known use 16th c.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveabundantly filled with especially living things
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Translations
Dutch overvol, krioelend
- overvolswarming, filled with abundance
- krioelendswarming, filled with abundance
- stortregenof heavy rain
Māori pororua, makerewhatu
- pororuaswarming, filled with abundance
- makerewhatuof heavy rain
Spanish atestado, repleto
- atestadoswarming, filled with abundance
- repletoswarming, filled with abundance
- llenoswarming, filled with abundance
Ukrainian переповнений, кишачий
- переповнений (perepovnenyj)swarming, filled with abundance
- кишачий (kyšačyj)swarming, filled with abundance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with teeming
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Cite this entry
APA
teeming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teeming
MLA
“teeming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teeming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teeming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teeming.
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