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What's The Definition Of Team?

\Team\, 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 to 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. 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["o]l.) A flock of wild ducks. 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.
\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.
\Team\, v. t. To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.] --Thoreau.