v. t. [ Icel. tæma to empty, from tōmr empty; akin to Dan. tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. See Toom to empty. ] 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Teemed p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming. ] [ OE. temen, AS. tēman, t&unr_;man, from teám. See Team. ] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. [ 1913 Webster ]

If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. [ 1913 Webster ]

His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That [ grief ] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
Each minute teems a new one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem. ] To think fit. [ Obs. or R. ] G. Gifford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who teems, or brings forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pregnant; prolific. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brimful. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prolific; productive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth. [ Poetic ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]