The Only Use of
teem
in
Fahrenheit 451
- He stared at the parlor that was dead and gray as the waters of an ocean that might teem with life if they switched on the electronic sun.†
p. 69.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(teem) have a large number of things -- especially things that are moving
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
to pour out, In archaic literature, teem can mean to give birth to.