Pullulate Definition & Meaning
pullulate
- verb
- be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
- move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
- become abundant; increase rapidly
- breed freely and abundantly
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- What does pullulate mean?
- be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" become abundant; increase rapidly breed freely and abundantly
- What part of speech is pullulate?
- Pullulate is a verb.
- How many definitions does pullulate have?
- Pullulate has 5 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).