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1. pullulate - verb

· be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

Synonym(s): teem, swarm

Hypernym(s): hum, buzz, seethe




2. pullulate - verb

· move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

Synonym(s): pour, swarm, stream, teem

Hypernym(s): crowd, crowd_together




3. pullulate - verb

· produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"

Synonym(s): shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon_forth, sprout

Hypernym(s): grow




4. pullulate - verb

· become abundant; increase rapidly

Hypernym(s): increase




5. pullulate - verb

· breed freely and abundantly

Hypernym(s): breed, multiply





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