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teem° v. Usually teem with. proliferate (with), be prolific (with),
abound, be abundant, swarm (with), be alive (with), crawl
(with), bristle (with), overflow (with), overrun (with), be full
(of), brim (with): When the panel was removed, the entire
foundation was seen to be teeming with termites.
teemý v. pour, rain, stream (down), Colloq come down (in buckets),
bucket down, rain or pour cats and dogs: It teemed with rain
continuously when we were on holiday.
teenager n. adolescent, youth, boy, girl, young man, young lady,
juvenile, minor, Colloq kid: The town ought to provide a place
where teenagers can get together.
teeter v. balance, wobble, rock, sway, totter, waver, tremble,
stagger: She screamed when she saw Bruce teetering on the edge
of the precipice.
telegram n. cable, cablegram, radiogram, radio-telegram, wire, telex,
(In France) bleu, pneu, Brit trade mark Telemessage, US trade
mark Mailgram: She received a telegram from him, saying that he
would be arriving on Monday.
telephone n. 1 handset, phone, Colloq blower, Chiefly US horn: Mr
Fraser, the Managing Director is on the telephone for you.
--v. 2 phone, ring (up), call (up), give (someone) a ring or a
call, Colloq get (someone) on the blower or chiefly US the horn,
give (someone) a tinkle or a buzz, buzz: Telephone when you
have a chance.
telescope n. 1 spyglass, Old-fashioned glass; refracting telescope,
reflecting telescope, radio telescope: Through the telescope,
he could just discern the American coastline.
--v. 2 shorten, compress, abbreviate, curtail, condense,
summarize, pr‚cis, digest, tighten (up), boil down, abridge,
truncate, abstract: Telescope the report into two columns for
page 2. 3 concertina, squash, crush: The first three carriages
of the train were telescoped in the crash.
television
n. TV, video (receiver), small screen, Colloq box, idiot box,