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teem (1)

teem [ teem ] (past and past participle teemed, present participle teem·ing, 3rd person present singular teems)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
be full of: to have an extremely large number of people, animals, or things in a place
streets teeming with shoppers

[ Old English tēman< Germanic]

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