{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY February 12, 2019--- teem

WORD OF THE DAY February 12, 2019

teem    verb | TEEM     Definition   1 : to become filled to overflowing : abound   2 : to be present in large quantity   Scroll down for more about teem      TRENDING NOW: apoplectic suffragette abject bipartisan SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   12 Words and Phrases for Romantic Relationships       'Bardolater' — Video Word of the Day 2/11/2019     The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/8/19       Rhapsodizing About 'Bohemian'         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Valentine's Day Quiz   A quiz for lovers and haters     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   The verb teem and the noun team are not just homophones, they are also etymological kin. Teem is derived from Old English tīman or tæman, which originally meant "to bring forth offspring" or "to become pregnant." That word is related to the ancestor of team, the Old English noun tēam, meaning "offspring, lineage, or group of draft animals." Team can still be used to refer to a brood of young animals, especially pigs or ducks, but both teem and team have otherwise largely left their offspring-related senses behind.     Examples of TEEM   "On Friday, Tselikis stood in front of the Red's Best stall at Boston's Public Market, offering up tidbits about lobsters as they teemed inside a tank." — Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com, 10 June 2016   "But beneath the surface, some of the rigs are teeming with biological life. Dozens of fish species, thousands of different kinds of invertebrates, and sea lions all call the rigs home." — Erik Olsen, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2018   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of teem: p _ l _ _ l _ te.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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