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
  • Brand did arrive at court with a Holy Bible bursting with index tabs.
    — Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
  • One of the world’s largest circular fashion ecosystems, Kantamanto Market is a vibrant tangle of upcyclers, secondhand retailers, and other market traders, bursting with creativity.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of burst
Verb
  • Rothe will next star in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s buzzed about TIFF acquisition River, opposite Jane Levy, which will open in theaters on January 15, 2027.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The annual classical Christian schools conference in June in Atlanta buzzed with talk of the historic shift in school funding, which bolsters a conservative Christian push to remake the education landscape.
    — Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of buzzed
Verb
  • By later in the day, the second lake had bulged — sparking fears of another lethal torrent.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • My husband Grant Wahl's bulged and burst, at an age when this disease usually means something inherited.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of bulged
Verb
  • All night long patrons filled the patio tables and stood at the counter inside, where the prices were a bit lower and display cases brimmed with pintxos — rounds of bread piled with anchovies, fried squid, rare beef, gratinéed spider crab.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Carcasses lay strewn along the shoreline as the beach brimmed with weekend activity.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of brimmed
Verb
  • After the team’s historic, championship-clinching summer, Thursday’s preseason matchup hummed with energy.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • At a local senior residence center this week, the participants hummed with lindens and then headed into the art room to reflect on paper, using sepia-brown linden ink.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hummed
Verb
  • When Martinez, who was widely considered an ambassador and pioneer of Garifuna music, died in March 2025, tribute concerts and music memorials abounded.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Corrections abounded; there was also the occasional word of (highly treasured) praise.
    — Lauren Weiner, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of abounded
Verb
  • More than 360 deputies swarmed the campus, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • More than 360 deputies swarmed the campus, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • Pork lacquered with a sweet, sticky glaze overflowed from the center of the pillowy bun.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Goaltenders Spencer Knight and Arvid Söderblom have tried their best to seal the leaks, but the dam has overflowed early on.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of overflowed

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“Teemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teemed. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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