teem

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To be stocked to overflowing.
2. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
3. To fall prolifically.
4. (obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

Noun

A downpour (of rain).

Sinonieme

swarm

abound

pullulate

overflow

pour

stream

be rich

infest

pelt

rain cats and dogs

rain dogs and cats

become pregnant

swell

be scattered

pour down

rain buckets

rain pitchforks

piss down

be emaciated

be plentiful

be found everywhere

be lavishly common

bucket down

chuck it down

pullulate with

bucket

🪣

be very talkative

conceive

crowded

get pregnant

hum

Vertalings

wimmeln

brulicare

pulular

formicolare

enxamear

kaynamak

grouiller

pulular

wemelen

dolu olmak

pullulare

pulluler

foisonner

krioelen

εύγονος

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tiːm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: temen

Geërf van Old English: tīeman

Verwante met Engels: toom

In summary

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).