team

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

   • 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.
2. 2

   Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.

   • We need more volunteers for the netball team.
   • The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
3. 3

   A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.

   • she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings about her
   • a long team of snowy swans on high
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   1. 4

      A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping,…

      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.

   2. 5

      A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a…

      A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.

   3. 6

      To form a group, as for sports or work.

      • They teamed to complete the project.
   4. 7

      To go together well

      To go together well; to harmonize.

      • 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.
   5. 8

      To convey or haul with a team.

      • to team lumber
      • the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river
   6. 9

      To form together into a team.

      • to team oxen
   7. 10

      To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

   8. 11

      Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.

   9. 12

      Misspelling of teem.

   10. 13

       A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows…

       A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.

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