Teeming
['ti:miŋ]
Definition
(adj.) abundantly filled with especially living things; 'the Third World's teeming millions'; 'the teeming boulevard' .
Checker: Mara--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teem
(a.) Prolific; productive.
Checker: Wyatt
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fraught, replete, full, prolific.
Checker: Reginald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Present, prolific, fraught, fruitful, productive, overflowing, abundant,swarming, multitudinous, numerous
ANT:Barren, scanty, wanting, rare, sparse, few
Typist: Remington
Examples
- One--twice--thrice that terrifying cry rang out across the teeming solitude of that unspeakably quick, yet unthinkably dead, world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Its theology was incomprehensible to her, and her own mind was too busy, teeming, wandering, to listen to the language of another mind. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A river bank may be beautiful and teeming with diversions, but if the river is used as a source of drinking water, the results will almost always be fatal to some. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Quite near were wide streets brightly lit, teeming at this moment with life: carriages were rolling through them to balls or to the opera. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Remington