pullulate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
pullulate
v.
sprout, bud; breed quickly, multiply rapidly
pullulate
Verb
1. be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
(synonym) teem, swarm
(hypernym) hum, buzz, seethe
(hyponym) crawl
2. move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
(synonym) pour, swarm, stream, teem
(hypernym) crowd, crowd together
(hyponym) spill over, spill out, pour out
3. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(synonym) shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) germinate
(derivation) pullulation, gemmation
4. become abundant; increase rapidly
(hypernym) increase
(derivation) pullulation
5. breed freely and abundantly
(hypernym) breed, multiply
pullulare
v.
swarm, teem, pullulate
Pullulate
(v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
pullulate
Synonyms and related words:
abound, abound with, be alive with, be fruitful, be productive, beget, blossom, brew, bristle with, bud, burgeon, burst forth, burst with, clutter, crawl, crawl with, creep with, crowd, develop, engender, fill, flood, flourish, flow, fructify, gather, gemmate, germinate, grow, grow rank, grow up, hypertrophy, increase, jam, know no bounds, leaf, leaf out, leave, luxuriate, mature, multiply, mushroom, outgrow, overabound, overbrim, overdevelop, overflow, overflow with, overgrow, overrun, overspill, overspread, overswarm, overtop, pack, procreate, proliferate, pullulate with, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, reproduce, riot, root, run riot, shoot, shoot up, spill over, spring up, sprout, sprout up, strike root, superabound, swarm, swarm with, take root, teem, teem with, thrive, throng with, tower, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.