n. & v.
--n.
1. a set of players forming one side in a game (a cricket team).
2 two or more persons working together.
3 a a set of draught animals. b one animal or more in harness with a vehicle.
--v.
1. intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by up) join in a team or in common action (decided to team up with them).
2 tr. harness (horses etc.) in a team.
3 tr. (foll. by with) match or coordinate (clothes).
Phrases and idioms:
team-mate a fellow-member of a team or group. team spirit willingness to act as a member of a group rather than as an individual. team-teaching teaching by a team of teachers working together.
Etymology: OE team offspring f. a Gmc root 'pull', rel. to TOW(1)