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abound
To have plenty; be filled; be wealthy (in) or teem (with)
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  1. To have plenty; be filled; be wealthy (in) or teem (with)
  2. To have something in great numbers or amounts. Often used with in or with :
  3. To be plentiful; exist in large numbers or amounts
overflow
To spread or cover over; flood.
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  1. To spread or cover over; flood.
  2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
  3. To have a boundless supply; be superabundant.
swell
To form swells, or large waves
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  1. To form swells, or large waves
  2. To cause to increase in volume, size, number, degree, or intensity:
  3. To cause to increase in size, volume, extent, degree, etc.
pour
To empty (a container) of a liquid or granular solid:
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  1. To empty (a container) of a liquid or granular solid:
  2. To cause (a liquid or granular solid) to stream or flow, as from a container:
  3. To pour a liquid or particles into (a container):
pour-out
To serve a drink into a cup or glass.
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  1. To serve a drink into a cup or glass.
  2. To talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.
  3. To leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.
swarm
To climb (a tree, mast, pole, etc.) using the hands and feet; shin (up)
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  1. To climb (a tree, mast, pole, etc.) using the hands and feet; shin (up)
  2. To move, collect, be present, etc. in large numbers; throng; abound
  3. To be filled or crowded; teem
superabound
To be greatly or excessively abundant
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  1. To be greatly or excessively abundant
  2. (Intransitive) To abound very much; to be superabundant.
  3. To be unusually or excessively abundant.
roll in
(Intransitive) to
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  1. (Intransitive) to
  2. (Intransitive, of a person) To arrive casually at a place.
crawl-with
(Idiomatic) To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.
abound-with
To have something in great numbers or quantities; to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by.
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  1. To have something in great numbers or quantities; to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by.
abound
To have plenty; be filled; be wealthy (in) or teem (with)
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  1. To have plenty; be filled; be wealthy (in) or teem (with)
  2. To have something in great numbers or amounts. Often used with in or with :
  3. To be plentiful; exist in large numbers or amounts
bristle
To be thickly covered (with)
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  1. To be thickly covered (with)
  2. To show strong anger, irritation, outrage, etc. as by a stiffening of the body
  3. To furnish or supply with bristles.
crawl
To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things:
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  1. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things:
  2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops:
  3. To move slowly by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm does
flow
To move with a continual shifting of component particles:
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  1. To move with a continual shifting of component particles:
  2. To cause to flow:
  3. To release as a flow:
overflow
To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.
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  1. To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.
  2. To flow over or across; flood
  3. To flow over the brim or edge of
pullulate
To breed quickly
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  1. To breed quickly
  2. To breed rapidly or abundantly.
  3. To teem; swarm:
swarm
To climb (a tree, mast, pole, etc.) using the hands and feet; shin (up)
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  1. To climb (a tree, mast, pole, etc.) using the hands and feet; shin (up)
  2. To move, collect, be present, etc. in large numbers; throng; abound
  3. To be filled or crowded; teem
Find another word for teem. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for teem, like: abound, overflow, swell, pour, be plentiful, pour-out, swarm, superabound, bristle with, swim in and roll in.

Sentence Examples

  • The ordinary bazar copies of the poem, repeatedly reproduced by lithography, teem with interpolations and variations from the poet's language.

  • The magical papyri teem with strings of senseless and barbaric words which probably answer to what certain of the Fathers called the language of demons.

  • The sagas teem with references to the inhabitants of the fairy mounds, who play such an important part in the mind of the peasantry of our own time.

  • (XXth Dyn.) to the various temples of Egypt; the hymns to the gods preserved in Cairo and Leiden papyri; and the inscriptions of the Ptolemaic temples (Dendera, Edfu, &c.), which teem with good religious material.

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