Pullulate Definition

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"
  2. move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
  3. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
  4. become abundant; increase rapidly
  5. breed freely and abundantly

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