teemed

verb

past tense of teem
as in burst
to be copiously supplied the area teems with entrepreneurs hoping to hit upon the next big thing

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Recent Examples of teemed In Stubb’s Cave, strangler-fig roots teemed from ceiling apertures. — Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teemed
  1. burst
  2. buzzed
  3. bulged
  4. brimmed
  5. hummed
  6. abounded
  7. swarmed
  8. overflowed
Verb
  • Reservoirs were breached or burst after Tropical Storm Maysak hit Guangxi, sending torrents of water into towns and cities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • As other reviewers have also noted, sound quality is superb on the GA lawn, which was full to bursting with blankets and rentable lawn chairs.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
Definition of burst
Verb
  • In the 1970s and 80s, dirt bikes buzzed around its fragile landscape, creating erosion and noise.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Giovanna Mantilla was in a meeting in late April when her smartwatch buzzed with the kind of notification that usually makes a small-business owner smile.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of buzzed
Verb
  • That ball found the head of Jude Bellingham, whose diving header bulged the net and opened the scoring.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Her stomach bulged beneath her I ❤ FLORIDA boatneck and her face was round and waxy-pale.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of bulged
Verb
  • Sitting with her children in a carriage during the parade and later appearing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, the princess wore nodded to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana's 1987 Easter outfit in a pale blue ensemble and wide-brimmed hat by Catherine Walker.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 June 2026
  • Conversations between the two often brimmed with lessons on life, which Honda carries close to heart.
    — Julius Miller Follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Definition of brimmed
Verb
  • Construction has hummed along at the store site, and the warehouse has started to take shape in recent weeks.
    — Nathan Pilling July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Experiments were running, discoveries being made, and conferences hummed with new ideas.
    — Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Definition of hummed
Verb
  • Individual errors and legacy-challenging performances abounded throughout a 4-1 loss to Belgium in the Round of 16 that leaves the USMNT in a sad and strange position coming out of the 2026 World Cup on home soil.
    — NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • Skepticism abounded among allies, officials, and executives over the details and durability of the US truce with Iran.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
Definition of abounded
Verb
  • At our sister publication The Drive, automotive journalist Joel Feder reports how he was suddenly swarmed by armed cops while test driving a Range Rover with his wife in Minnesota.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026
  • Officers swarmed the gas station before Morant could do anything else to the driver or his tow truck.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • At the committee hearing Wednesday, the room overflowed with supporters who queued up in the room and outside in the corridor to make public comment and emphasize the importance of the bill.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Rivers overflowed their banks and parts of the central coastal region were buried under mud, the Red Cross said in a report a year later.
    — Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Definition of overflowed

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