Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 \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 \Team\, v. t.
   To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.]
   --Thoreau.

Source : WordNet®

team
     v : form a team; "We teamed up for this new project" [syn: {team
         up}]

team
     n 1: a cooperative unit [syn: {squad}]
     2: two or more draft animals that work together to pull
        something