Coral reefs teem with life.
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Teem
//tiːm//
Synonyms for "teem" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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Translations
90 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βρύω verb (overflowing with)
Arabic
1 entries- اِزْدَحَمَ verb (overflowing with)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гъмжа verb (overflowing with)
- изливам verb (to pour, to cast, to found; to fill, from a melting pot, with molten metal)
- изобилствам verb (to be prolific; to abound)
- изпразвам verb (to empty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 富於 /富于 verb (overflowing with)
Czech
4 entries- hemžit se verb (overflowing with)
- lít verb (to pour (rain))
- oplývat verb (overflowing with)
- překypovat verb (overflowing with)
Dutch
2 entries- wemelen verb (overflowing with)
- wemelen verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Esperanto
1 entries- pleni verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Faroese
2 entries- yðja verb (overflowing with)
- ýa verb (overflowing with)
Finnish
1 entries- vilistä verb (overflowing with)
French
2 entries- foisonner verb (overflowing with)
- grouiller verb (overflowing with)
German
4 entries- Früchte hervorbringen verb (to bring forth young or to produce fruit)
- Früchte tragen verb (to bring forth young or to produce fruit)
- Junge werfen verb (to bring forth young or to produce fruit)
- Nachwuchs hervorbringen verb (to bring forth young or to produce fruit)
Irish
2 entries- taom verb (to drain the water from)
- taosc verb (to drain the water from)
Italian
1 entries- brulicare verb (overflowing with)
Japanese
1 entries- 富む verb (overflowing with)
Latin
1 entries- parturiō verb (overflowing with)
Māori
3 entries- pātere verb (to pour (rain))
- whakarēwai verb (to be prolific; to abound)
- whakarēwai verb (to pour (rain))
Occitan
4 entries- abondar verb (to be prolific; to abound)
- foisonar verb (to be prolific; to abound)
- formiguejar verb (overflowing with)
- fruchejar verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Polish
4 entries- obfitować verb (overflowing with)
- obfitować verb (to be prolific; to abound)
- obradzać verb (overflowing with)
- obradzać verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Portuguese
1 entries- fervilhar verb (overflowing with)
Russian
4 entries- вылива́ть verb (to empty)
- изоби́ловать verb (overflowing with)
- кише́ть verb (overflowing with)
- лить verb (to pour (rain))
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vrviti verb (overflowing with)
- врвити verb (overflowing with)
Spanish
4 entries- bullir verb (overflowing with)
- fructificar verb (to bring forth young or to produce fruit)
- hervir de verb (overflowing with)
- proliferar verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Swedish
4 entries- sprudla verb (overflowing with)
- tömma verb (to empty)
- ösa verb (to empty)
- ösa verb (to pour (rain))
Turkish
1 entries- kaynamak verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Ukrainian
3 entries- бути повним verb (overflowing with)
- кишіти verb (to be prolific; to abound)
- переповнюватися verb (overflowing with)
Zazaki
1 entries- gıreyen verb (to be prolific; to abound)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
But well he knew his teeming pangs were vain, Till Midwife Dryden eas’d his labouring Brain;
Source: wiktionary
his mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy
Source: wiktionary
Fish teem in this pond.
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