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pullulate

/ pullulate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
breed freely and abundantly
Type of:
breed multiply
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
become abundant; increase rapidly
Type of:
increase
Derived:
pullulation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
be teeming, be abuzz
"The garden was swarming with bees"
"The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
"her mind pullulated with worries"
Type of:
hum buzz seethe
Kinds of:
crawl
Derived:
swarm cloud drove horde
See also:
abound in teem in pullulate with
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
Type of:
grow
Derived:
sprout germination sprouting pullulation gemmation
Verb group:
germinate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 5
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"
"beggars pullulated in the plaza"
Type of:
crowd crowd together
Kinds of:
spill over spill out pour out
Derived:
stream flow drove horde swarm
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
1
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breed multiply increase hum buzz seethe crawl grow crowd crowd together spill over spill out