teeming

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After a day in Antananarivo -- a sprawling, diesel-soaked city that earns the adjective "teeming" -- we leave by car for Andasibe, a former logging village that is now home to a burgeoning ecotourism trade.

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  1. The bringing forth of young. Like a Woman with oft teeming worn; Who, with the Babes of her owne body born, Having almost stor'd a whole Towne with people, At length becomes barren, and faint, and feeble. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. At last, when teeming Time was come. Prior, The Mice.
  2. Pregnant; prolific; fruitful; abundant; overflowing. What device should he bring forth now? I love a teeming wit as I love my nourishment. B. Jonson, Alchemist, v. 1.

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  • Dizzying, teeming, fairground business, in all its density. —  signandsight.com
  • And our shores were "teeming" with immigrants who knew that this was where the money was, —  My Left Wing - Front Page
  • Didn't see no Frenchmen of Swedes "teeming" over here, didja? —  My Left Wing - Front Page
  • Burgess makes clear in his book that the actual highwater mark for piracy-that which flowed out of American east coast cities like New York and attacked international shipping in the Red Sea-was integral to the growth and establishment of those ports as the teeming successful and wealthy cities they are today.
  • Just go out on any busy market street or any of the teeming, warm beaches, and you'll see what we mean. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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