teeming
41teem — [[t]ti͟ːm[/t]] teems, teeming, teemed VERB: usu cont If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot. [V with n] For most of the year, the area is teeming… …
42teem — also teem down verb (I) BrE to rain very heavily: It s been teeming down all day. teem with sth phrasal verb (transitive not in passive) to be full of people, animals etc: be teeming with: Times Square was teeming with theater goers …
43teem — UK [tiːm] / US [tɪm] verb [intransitive, often progressive] Word forms teem : present tense I/you/we/they teem he/she/it teems present participle teeming past tense teemed past participle teemed teem or teem down if it is teeming or teeming down …
44teem — 1. v.intr. 1 be abundant (fish teem in these waters). 2 (foll. by with) be full of or swarming with (teeming with fish; teeming with ideas). Etymology: OE teman etc. give birth to f. Gmc, rel. to TEAM 2. v.intr. (often foll. by down) (of water… …
45teem with something — ˈteem with sth derived (usually be ˈteeming with sth) to be full of people, animals, etc. moving around • The streets were teeming with tourists. • a river teeming with fish Main entry: ↑ …
46abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …
47brimful brimful ofpredicate brimfull brimfull ofpredicate brimming brimming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …
48chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …
49congested engorged — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …
50filled — adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing,… …