· be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
Hypernym(s): hum, buzz, seethe
· 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
· produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
Synonym(s): shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon_forth, sprout
Hypernym(s): grow
· become abundant; increase rapidly
Hypernym(s): increase
· breed freely and abundantly