pullulate

Verbs

  • (v) be teeming, be abuzz
    • The garden was swarming with bees
    • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
    • her mind pullulated with worries
    swarm, teem,
  • (v) move in large numbers
    • people were pouring out of the theater
    • beggars pullulated in the plaza
    pour, swarm, teem, stream,
  • (v) produce buds, branches, or germinate
    • the potatoes sprouted
    bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, spud, shoot,
  • (v) become abundant; increase rapidly
  • (v) breed freely and abundantly

Synonyms

swarm teem pour stream bourgeon burgeon forth germinate sprout spud shoot

See also

abound in pullulate with teem in

Words of close approximity

pullulate with