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Pronunciation : Team
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. tem, team, AS. te?m, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget, Icel. taumr to rein, bridle, Dan. t?mme, Sw. t?m, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to dr
Definition : 1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her. Holland.

2. Hence, a number of animals moving together. A long team of snowy swans on high. Dryden.

3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like. "A team of dolphins." Spenser. To take his team and till the earth. Piers Plowman. It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough. Macaulay.

4. A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.

5. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A flock of wild ducks.

6. (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: 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. Burrill.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Team
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster. team up, to form one or more teams, either for a common endeavor, or to compete in a contest.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Team
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.] Thoreau.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913