teem withsomething
phrasal verbwithteemverb[I]UKuk/tiːm/us/tiːm/(alsoteem down)
tocontainlargenumbersofanimalsorpeople:
There areacresofrollinggrassland,teemingwithelkandantelope.
TheshoppingcentrewasteemingwithshoppersthatSaturday.
He canrememberthedayswhen hisneighbourhoodwasteemingwithlife.
Britainand Ireland'swatersareteemingwithlife, from littleseaanemonestomightysharks.
Full
- alive
- alive withsomethingidiom
- awash
- be a rich seam to mineidiom
- be riddled withsomethingidiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- cramped
- crowded
- flat chat
- flooded
- heaping
- heaving
- replete
- ridden
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- seam