Definition of pullulate Pullulate
pul•lu•late
We found 11 definitions of pullulate from 5 different sources.
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| pullulate - become abundant; increase rapidly | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| pullulate - breed freely and abundantly | ||
| breed, multiply have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" | ||
| pullulate - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" | ||
| shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| pullulate - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" | ||
| teem, swarm | ||
| buzz, hum, seethe call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant" | ||
| abound in, pullulate with, teem in exist in large quantity | ||
| crawl move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" | ||
| pullulate - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" | ||
| pour, swarm, stream, teem | ||
| crowd together, crowd to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" | ||
| spill out, spill over, pour out be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pullulate (v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pullulate
pul′ū-lāt, v.i. to germinate, bud.—n. Pullulā′tion. [L.,—pullulus, a young animal, sprout—pullus. Cf. Pullet.]
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🔤- pullulate, verb, present, 1st person singular of pullulate (infinitive).
- pullulate, verb (infinitive).
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