team
Part of speech: noun
verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Danish tømme (“rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Inflected forms:
form: teams
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: teams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: teaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: teamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: teamed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
pos: noun
examples: It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
gloss: Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
pos: noun
examples: We need more volunteers for the netball team.
The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
gloss: A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings about her
a long team of snowy swans on high
gloss: A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
pos: noun
tags: UK
obsolete
examples: TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
gloss: A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
pos: noun
examples: As Jan. 1, 2020, approaches, it turns out there is a Team Zero and a Team 1 – those who believe the new decade will begin after midnight on the upcoming New Year's Eve and those who believe the burgeoning celebrations of a new decade (and all the "last decade" retrospectives) are in fact a year early.
gloss: To form a group, as for sports or work.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They teamed to complete the project.
gloss: To go together well; to harmonize.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
intransitive
examples: Rich, creamy avocado is cut back by the citrus sharpness of grapefruit in this Israeli-inspired salad. It's brilliant for a brunchy breakfast, and teams well with grilled salmon, tuna, or mackerel for dinner.
gloss: To convey or haul with a team.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to team lumber
the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river
gloss: To form together into a team.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to team oxen
gloss: To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.
pos: intj
tags: colloquial
Derived words: A team
away team
bat for the other team
blue team
B team
bubble team
Cinderella team
country team
crack team
crash team
crisis response team
cyberteam
dog team
don't change a winning team
double team
dream team
expansion team
factory team
farm team
fireteam
first team
foreteam
go team
go-team
home team
interteam
intrateam
joint investigation team
kill team
loveteam
love team
Meal Team Six
megateam
multidisciplinary team
multiteam
muncorn team
national sports team
nonteam
oxteam
production team
purple team
quaranteam
quick response team
rapid response team
red team
reserve team
reteam
sales team
satellite team
scout team
scratch team
second team
special team
spike team
street team
strike team
subteam
superteam
tag team
tag-team
take one for the team
teambuilder
team building
team deathmatch
teamer
teamful
team game
Team Human
teamkill
teamless
teamlike
teammate
team-mate
team ministry
teamplay
team player
team pursuit
teamsheet
teamship
team spirit
team sport
teamster
team teacher
team time trial
team track
team-up
teamwide
teamwise
teamwork
teamworker
teamworking
there's no I in team
tiger team
triple-team
unteam
visiting team
visitor team
webteam
works team
double-team
team up
team up with
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