pullulate

pul·lu·late

 (pŭl′yə-lāt′)

intr.v. pul·lu·lat·ed, pul·lu·lat·ing, pul·lu·lates

1. To breed rapidly or abundantly.

2. To be or increase in great numbers: "Ideas pullulated in his brain" (G.D. Dess).

3. To teem; swarm: a lagoon that pullulated with fish.

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[Latin pullulāre, pullulāt-, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus, young fowl; see pullet.]

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pul′lu·la′tion n.

pullulate

(ˈpʌljʊˌleɪt)

vb (intr)

1. (Biology) (of animals, etc) to breed rapidly or abundantly; teem; swarm

2. (Botany) (of plants or plant parts) to sprout, bud, or germinate

[C17: from Latin pullulāre to sprout, from pullulus a baby animal, from pullus young animal]

ˌpulluˈlation n

pul•lu•late

(ˈpʌl yəˌleɪt)

v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

1. to germinate; sprout.

2. to breed or increase rapidly.

3. to swarm; teem.

[1610–20; < Latin pullulātus, past participle of pullulāre to sprout, derivative of pullulus a sprout, young animal, diminutive of pullus; see pullet]

pul`lu•la′tion, n.

pullulate

Past participle: pullulated
Gerund: pullulating

Imperative

pullulate

pullulate

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pullulate - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" swarm, teem seethe, hum, buzz - be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity" crawl - be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
	2.	pullulate - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" pour, swarm, teem, stream crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" spill out, spill over, pour out - be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"
	3.	pullulate - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, spud, shoot grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
	4.	pullulate - become abundant; increase rapidly increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
	5.	pullulate - breed freely and abundantly multiply, breed - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"

pullulate

verb

To be abundantly filled or richly supplied:

abound, bristle, crawl, flow, overflow, swarm, teem.

Translations

pullulate

[ˈpʌljʊleɪt] VI → pulular