pullulate

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verb

1. be teeming, be abuzz
- The garden was swarming with bees
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
- her mind pullulated with worries
• Syn:
teem, swarm
• See Also:
teem in (for: teem)
• Derivationally related forms:
swarm (for: swarm)
• Hypernyms:
hum, buzz, seethe
• Hyponyms:
crawl
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s (for: teem)
2. produce buds, branches, or germinate
- the potatoes sprouted
• Syn:
shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
• Derivationally related forms:
sprout (for: sprout), sprouting (for: sprout), pullulation, germ (for: germinate), germination (for: germinate), shoot (for: shoot)
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Verb Group:
germinate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. move in large numbers
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
• Syn:
pour, swarm, stream, teem
• Derivationally related forms:
stream (for: stream), swarm (for: swarm)
• Hypernyms:
crowd, crowd together
• Hyponyms:
spill over, spill out, pour out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. become abundant;
increase rapidly
• Derivationally related forms:
pullulation
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. breed freely and abundantly
• Hypernyms:
breed, multiply
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout, pour, swarm, stream, teem