Teem - plus, name that synonym

[Merriam-Webster]( WORD OF THE DAY [February 12, 2019](#none) teem [Audio pronunciation]( verb | TEEM Definition 1 : to become filled to overflowing : [abound]( 2 : to be present in large quantity Scroll down for more about teem TRENDING NOW: [apoplectic]( [suffragette]( [abject]( [bipartisan]( [SEE ALL [>]]( PEOPLE ARE READING # [12 Words and Phrases for Romantic Relationships]( # ['Bardolater' — Video Word of the Day 2/11/2019]( # [The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/8/19]( # [Rhapsodizing About ‘Bohemian’]( WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE [Valentine's Day Quiz]( A quiz for lovers and haters [PLAY NOW]( Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! [TAKE ME THERE [>]]( Did You Know? The verb teem and the noun [team]( are not just [homophones](, they are also etymological kin. Teem is derived from Old English tÄ«man or tæman, which originally meant "to bring forth offspring" or "to become pregnant." That word is related to the ancestor of team, the Old English noun tēam, meaning "offspring, lineage, or group of draft animals." Team can still be used to refer to a brood of young animals, especially pigs or ducks, but both teem and team have otherwise largely left their offspring-related senses behind. Examples of TEEM "On Friday, Tselikis stood in front of the Red's Best stall at Boston's Public Market, offering up tidbits about lobsters as they teemed inside a tank." — Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com, 10 June 2016 "But beneath the surface, some of the rigs are teeming with biological life. Dozens of fish species, thousands of different kinds of invertebrates, and sea lions all call the rigs home." — Erik Olsen, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2018 Name That Synonym Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of teem: p _ l _ _ l _ te. [VIEW THE ANSWER [>]]( WORD OF THE YEAR 2018 Justice + 10 more Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words! [SEE THE FULL LIST [>]]( MORE WORD FUN: [WORD GAMES [>]]( [TRENDING NOW [>]]( [WORDS AT PLAY [>]]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( SHARE: [Facebook][Facebook]( [Twitter][Twitter]( [View this email in a web browser]( You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day. [Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day]( [Manage your subscription settings]( Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA 01102 [www.merriam-webster.com](