About The Word Pullulate
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Pullulate
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What's The Definition Of Pullulate?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pullulate: bourgeon | burgeon forth | germinate | pour | shoot | sprout | spud | stream | swarm | swarm | teem | teem Related Terms | Find terms related to Pullulate: 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 Pullulate In Webster's Dictionary \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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