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teeming
/ˈtiːmɪŋ/
verb
To be stocked to overflowing.
To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
"Fish teem in this pond."
To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
verb
To empty.
To pour (especially with rain)
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
verb
To think fit.
adjective
Abundantly filled with especially living things.
Referring to large quantities of rain.
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