pullulate

Verb
  1. Be teeming, be abuzz (synset 202720849)
    "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
    is a type of: buzz, hum, seethe - be noisy with activity
    subtypes: crawl - be full of
    same as: swarm, teem
  2. Move in large numbers (synset 202032212)
    "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
    is a type of: crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers
    subtypes: pour out, spill out, spill over - be disgorged
    same as: pour, stream, swarm, teem
  3. Produce buds, branches, or germinate (synset 200357986)
    "the potatoes sprouted"
    is a type of: grow - increase in size by natural process
    same as: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, shoot, sprout, spud
    verb group: germinate - cause to grow or sprout
  4. Become abundant;
    Increase rapidly (synset 200247816)
    is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
  5. Breed freely and abundantly (synset 200056303)
    is a type of: breed, multiply - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

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