a group of people forming a side in a game or contest:a basketball team; a debating team.
a group of people assembled for an action or activity:A team of experts visited the site of the crash.
Agriculturetwo or more horses or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, etc.
v.
to join together in a team: [~ + object (+ together/up)]He teamed them (together) on the project.[no object]The two teamed up to work on the new budget.
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:a football team.
a number of persons associated in some joint action:a team of advisers.
Agriculturetwo or more horses, oxen, or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, or the like.
one or more draft animals together with the harness and vehicle drawn.
Agriculturea family of young animals, esp. ducks or pigs.
[Obs.]offspring or progeny; race or lineage.
v.t.
to join together in a team.
Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northern U.S. Older Use.]to convey or transport by means of a team; haul.
v.i.
to drive a team.
to gather or join in a team, a band, or a cooperative effort (usually fol. by up, together, etc.).
adj.
of, pertaining to, or performed by a team:a team sport; team effort.
bef. 900; Middle English teme (noun, nominal), Old English tēam child-bearing, brood, offspring, set of draft beasts; cognate with Dutch toom bridle, reins, German Zaum, Old Norse taumr
10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged combine, unite, ally, merge.