pullulate

v. sprout, bud; breed quickly, multiply rapidly

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Verb
1. be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
(synonym) teem, swarm
(hypernym) hum, buzz, seethe
(hyponym) crawl
2. move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
(synonym) pour, swarm, stream, teem
(hypernym) crowd, crowd together
(hyponym) spill over, spill out, pour out
3. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(synonym) shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) germinate
(derivation) pullulation, gemmation
4. become abundant; increase rapidly
(hypernym) increase
(derivation) pullulation
5. breed freely and abundantly
(hypernym) breed, multiply

v. swarm, teem, pullulate

(v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
  

Synonyms and related words:
abound, abound with, be alive with, be fruitful, be productive, beget, blossom, brew, bristle with, bud, burgeon, burst forth, burst with, clutter, crawl, crawl with, creep with, crowd, develop, engender, fill, flood, flourish, flow, fructify, gather, gemmate, germinate, grow, grow rank, grow up, hypertrophy, increase, jam, know no bounds, leaf, leaf out, leave, luxuriate, mature, multiply, mushroom, outgrow, overabound, overbrim, overdevelop, overflow, overflow with, overgrow, overrun, overspill, overspread, overswarm, overtop, pack, procreate, proliferate, pullulate with, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, reproduce, riot, root, run riot, shoot, shoot up, spill over, spring up, sprout, sprout up, strike root, superabound, swarm, swarm with, take root, teem, teem with, thrive, throng with, tower, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax