Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to teem with sb
Participle: teemed with sb
Gerund: teeming with sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | teem with sb |
| you | teem with sb |
| he;she;it | teems with sb |
| we | teem with sb |
| you | teem with sb |
| they | teem with sb |
Perfect
| I | have teemed with sb |
| you | have teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | has teemed with sb |
| we | have teemed with sb |
| you | have teemed with sb |
| they | have teemed with sb |
Past
| I | teemed with sb |
| you | teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | teemed with sb |
| we | teemed with sb |
| you | teemed with sb |
| they | teemed with sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had teemed with sb |
| you | had teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | had teemed with sb |
| we | had teemed with sb |
| you | had teemed with sb |
| they | had teemed with sb |
Future
| I | will teem with sb |
| you | will teem with sb |
| he;she;it | will teem with sb |
| we | will teem with sb |
| you | will teem with sb |
| they | will teem with sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have teemed with sb |
| you | will have teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | will have teemed with sb |
| we | will have teemed with sb |
| you | will have teemed with sb |
| they | will have teemed with sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | teem with sb |
| you | teem with sb |
| he;she;it | teem with sb |
| we | teem with sb |
| you | teem with sb |
| they | teem with sb |
Perfect
| I | have teemed with sb |
| you | have teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | have teemed with sb |
| we | have teemed with sb |
| you | have teemed with sb |
| they | have teemed with sb |
Imperfect
| I | teemed with sb |
| you | teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | teemed with sb |
| we | teemed with sb |
| you | teemed with sb |
| they | teemed with sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had teemed with sb |
| you | had teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | had teemed with sb |
| we | had teemed with sb |
| you | had teemed with sb |
| they | had teemed with sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would teem with sb |
| you | would teem with sb |
| he;she;it | would teem with sb |
| we | would teem with sb |
| you | would teem with sb |
| they | would teem with sb |
Perfect
| I | would have teemed with sb |
| you | would have teemed with sb |
| he;she;it | would have teemed with sb |
| we | would have teemed with sb |
| you | would have teemed with sb |
| they | would have teemed with sb |
Imperative
| you | teem with sb |
| we | Let's teem with sb |
| you | teem with sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'teem'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'teem'
deem,
reem,
seem,
steem,
team,
tee,
teek,
teen,
teep,
teer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- abound
- swarm, overflow, crawl, prosper, pullulate, flow
- pour
- shower, empty, discharge
Antonyms
- abound
- lessen, decrease, wane, fall
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "abound, swarm," O.E.
teman (Mercian),
tieman (W.Saxon) "give birth to, produce," from P.Gmc.
*taumijanan, from PIE
*deuk- "to lead" (see duke). Related to team in its now-obsolete O.E. sense of "family, brood of young animals." The meaning "be fertile, abound, swarm" is first recorded 1593;
teeming in this sense is from 1715.
2. 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). See: Middle English '
temen', Proto-Germanic '
*taumijaną'.
Verbs referencing "teem"
German, old spelling
ziemen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people 's ruin. A dismal swamp, on which the half-built houses rot away: cleared here and there for the space of a few yards; and teeming, then, with rank unwholesome vegetation, in whose baleful shade the wretched wanderers who are tempted hither, droop, and die, and lay their bones; the hateful Mississippi circling and eddying [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)