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teem

/tiːm/verb

उच्चारण टीम

(लोगों या जीवों से) भरा होना, खचाखच भरा होना

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verb
  1. 1

    [I, usually progressive] ~ with sb/sth

    to be full of people or animals moving around

    (लोगों या जीवों से) भरा होना, खचाखच भरा होना

    • The market was teeming with shoppers before Diwali.
    • The river teems with fish.

    Synonyms swarm crawl bristle be full of abound

  2. 2

    [I, usually progressive] ~ (down) British, informal

    (of rain) to fall very heavily

    मूसलाधार बारिश होना

    • It was teeming with rain all night.
    • The rain teemed down.

    Synonyms pour pelt bucket down

    Opposite drizzle

◇Word family
teeming adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

swarm crawl bristle be full of abound pour pelt bucket down

Antonyms

drizzle

?Which word?

Do not confuse teem (to be full of) and team (a group of people), which are pronounced the same.

Teem (भरा होना) और team (लोगों का समूह) को confuse न करें, क्योंकि इनका उच्चारण एक जैसा है।

§Grammar and usage

A place teems with people or animals (not 'teems of' or 'teems by').

कोई जगह people या animals 'teems with' होती है ('teems of' या 'teems by' गलत है)।