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pullulate
Overview of verb pullulate
The verb pullulate has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. teem, pullulate, swarm -- (be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries")
2. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate -- (move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza")
3. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout -- (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted")
4. pullulate -- (become abundant; increase rapidly)
5. pullulate -- (breed freely and abundantly)
Antonyms of verb pullulate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pullulate
5 senses of pullulate
Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> be
Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
=> crowd, crowd together
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
=> grow
=> develop
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 4
pullulate
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 5
pullulate
=> breed, multiply
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pullulate
2 of 5 senses of pullulate
Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm
=> crawl
Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
=> spill over, spill out, pour out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pullulate
5 senses of pullulate
Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm
=> hum, buzz, seethe
Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
=> crowd, crowd together
Sense 3
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
=> grow
Sense 4
pullulate
=> increase
Sense 5
pullulate
=> breed, multiply
'Cause To' of verb pullulate
Derived Forms of verb pullulate
2 of 5 senses of pullulate
Sense 3
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
RELATED TO>(noun) pullulation#1
=> pullulation, gemmation
Sense 4
pullulate
RELATED TO>(noun) pullulation#2
=> pullulation
Domain of verb pullulate
Domain Terms of verb pullulate
Familiarity of verb pullulate
pullulate used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb pullulate
5 senses of pullulate
Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
*> Something ----s
Sense 4
pullulate
*> Something ----s
Sense 5
pullulate
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb pullulate
5 senses of pullulate
Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm
> hum, buzz, seethe
=> teem, pullulate, swarm
Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
> crowd, crowd together
=> mass
=> overcrowd
=> pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
=> herd
=> throng, mob, pack, pile, jam
Sense 3
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
> grow
=> cut
=> ankylose, ancylose
=> undergrow
=> exfoliate
=> vegetate
=> vegetate
=> twin
=> shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
Sense 4
pullulate
> increase
=> accrue
=> spike
=> add to
=> gain
=> explode, irrupt
=> pyramid
=> snowball
=> accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
=> add
=> intensify, deepen
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> grow
=> pullulate
=> widen
=> appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
=> broaden
=> shoot up
=> wax, mount, climb, rise
=> wax, full
=> crescendo
=> swell
Sense 5
pullulate
> breed, multiply
=> pullulate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pullulate
Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm
=> hum, buzz, seethe
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Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
=> crowd, crowd together
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Sense 3
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
=> grow
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Sense 4
pullulate
=> increase
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Sense 5
pullulate
=> breed, multiply
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Grep of verb pullulate
pullulate
pullulate with
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