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pullulate

verb

1 pullulate

Be teeming, be abuzz:
— Her mind pullulated with worries.

synonyms: swarm, teem.

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, ... show more

Dutch: kiemen, krioelen, sterven, stikken, wemelen

2 pullulate

Move in large numbers:
— Beggars pullulated in the plaza.

synonyms: pour, stream, swarm, teem.

3 pullulate

Produce buds, branches, or germinate.

synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, shoot, sprout, spud.

Roget 194: become larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; ... show more

Dutch: botten, kiemen, ontkiemen, punten, schieten, uitbotten, uitlopen, uitschieten

4 pullulate

Become abundant; increase rapidly.

Dutch: krioelen

5 pullulate

Breed freely and abundantly.


Moby thesaurus: abound, abound with, be alive with, be fruitful, be productive, beget, blossom, brew, bristle with, bud, burgeon, burst forth, burst with, clutter, crawl, crawl with, creep with, crowd, develop, engender ... show more.

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