Meaning of PULLULATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pulyu`leyt
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- [v] breed freely and abundantly
- [v] become abundant; increase rapidly
- [v] produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants
- [v] move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- [v] be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
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| | Synonyms: | | bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pour, shoot, sprout, spud, stream, swarm, swarm, teem, teem |
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| | See Also: | | abound in, breed, buzz, crawl, crowd, crowd together, grow, hum, increase, multiply, pour out, pullulate with, seethe, spill out, spill over, teem in | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pul"lu*late\, v. i. [L. pullulatus, p. p. of
pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout,
dim. of pullus. See {pullet}.]
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. --Warburton.
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