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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Team \Team\ (t[=e]m), n. [OE. tem, team, AS. te['a]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 a rein, bridle, Dan. t["o]mme,
Sw. t["o]m, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw.
[root]64. See Tug, and cf. Teem to bear.]
1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a
brood; a litter.
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A team of ducklings about her. --Holland.
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2. Hence, a number of animals moving together.
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A long team of snowy swans on high. --Dryden.
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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.
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To take his team and till the earth. --Piers
Plowman.
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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.
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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.
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5. (Zool.) A flock of wild ducks.
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6. (O. Eng. Law) 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Team \Team\, v. i.
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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Team \Team\, v. t.
To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.]
--Thoreau.
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WordNet Team
n 1: a cooperative unit [syn: squad]
2: two or more draft animals that work together to pull
something
v : form a team; "We teamed up for this new project" [syn: {team
up}]

Moby Dictionary
age group , band , battalion , bevy , body , both , brace , bracket ,
brigade , bunch , cabal , cast , clique , cohort , collaborate , combine ,
company , complement , conjugate , conspire , contingent , cooperate ,
corps , coterie , couple , couple up , couplet , covey , crew , crowd ,
detachment , detail , distich , division , double harness ,
double-harness , double-team , doublet , duad , duet , duo , dyad , eight ,
eleven , equipage , faction , first string , first team , five , fleet ,
four-in-hand , gang , group , grouping , groupment , in-group ,
join together , join up , junta , link up , match , mate , mates , mob ,
movement , nine , out-group , outfit , pack , pair , pair off , party ,
peer group , phalanx , platoon , posse , randem , regiment , reserves ,
rig , rowing crew , salon , second string , second team , set ,
set of two , side , span , spike , spike team , squad , stable , string ,
tandem , team up , the two , third string , three-up , tribe , troop ,
troupe , turnout , twain , two , twosome , unicorn , unite , varsity ,
wing , yoke