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teeming

/ˈtiːmɪŋ/
verb
  1. To be stocked to overflowing.

  2. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    "Fish teem in this pond."

  3. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

verb
  1. To empty.

  2. To pour (especially with rain)

  3. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.

verb
  1. To think fit.

adjective
  1. Abundantly filled with especially living things.

  2. Referring to large quantities of rain.

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