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teeming

UK/ˈtiːmɪŋ/US/ˈtiːmɪŋ/
adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,805 of 15,258leans spoken

Teeming means swarming with a great many living things. A teeming market, teeming with fish, teeming crowds.

It takes with and it is about density rather than number — a teeming pool is full to the point of movement. It also means raining hard: teeming down. Note that the verb teem once meant to give birth or to be pregnant, which is where the sense of abundance comes from.

Definitions of teeming

  1. 1adjectiveteemingSwarming with a great many living things.C1

    “The coral reef was teeming with brightly coloured fish.”

teeming is a quality of abundance.

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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teeming in the wild

  • From mountain lakes to expansive caves to forests teeming with wildlife, park-goers have their choice of attractions, and they are all within a day's drive of each other.

    List of Kentucky state parks

  • The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent and migratory marine life, especially the green sea turtle which nests on the island.

    High Island (Queensland)

  • The libretto, written by Piston and Hans Wiener, describes a marketplace teeming with activity and enlivened by a circus.

    The Incredible Flutist

  • Once a teeming playground, North Cooking Lake is now a peaceful residential retreat.

    North Cooking Lake

  • Auditors look during the vouching process as part of the verification of transaction to identify teeming and lading.

    Teeming and lading

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