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PULLULATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pullulate ... he / she / it pullulates
Past simple: pullulated
Past participle: pullulated
-ing form: pullulating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Breed freely and abundantly
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
breed; multiply (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become abundant; increase rapidly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
pullulation (a rapid and abundant increase)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example:
the potatoes sprouted
Synonyms:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
pullulation (asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Move in large numbers
Example:
beggars pullulated in the plaza
Synonyms:
pour; pullulate; stream; swarm; teem
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pullulate"):
pour out; spill out; spill over (be disgorged)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
Meaning:
Be teeming, be abuzz
Example:
her mind pullulated with worries
Synonyms:
pullulate; swarm; teem
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
buzz; hum; seethe (be noisy with activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pullulate"):
crawl (be full of)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
