pullulate
English Thesaurus
1. breed freely and abundantly (verb.body)
| hypernym | : | breed, multiply, |
| definition | : | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) (verb.body) |
2. become abundant; increase rapidly (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | increase, |
| definition | : | become bigger or greater in amount (verb.change) |
3. produce buds, branches, or germinate (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | grow, |
| definition | : | increase in size by natural process (verb.change) |
| verb group | : | germinate, |
| definition | : | cause to grow or sprout (verb.change) |
4. move in large numbers (verb.motion)
5. be teeming, be abuzz (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | buzz, hum, seethe, |
| definition | : | be noisy with activity (verb.stative) |
| hyponym | : | crawl, |
| definition | : | be full of (verb.stative) |
6. become abundant; increase rapidly (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pullulation, |
| definition | : | a rapid and abundant increase (noun.process) |
7. produce buds, branches, or germinate (verb.change)
| derivation | : | germ, |
| definition | : | a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | sprout, |
| definition | : | a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | sprout, |
| definition | : | any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | shoot, |
| definition | : | a new branch (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | germination, sprouting, |
| definition | : | the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | gemmation, pullulation, |
| definition | : | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual (noun.process) |
8. move in large numbers (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | flow, stream, |
| definition | : | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (noun.state) |
9. be teeming, be abuzz (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | cloud, swarm, |
| definition | : | a group of many things in the air or on the ground (noun.group) |
10. become abundant; increase rapidly (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pullulation, |
| definition | : | a rapid and abundant increase (noun.process) |
11. produce buds, branches, or germinate (verb.change)
| derivation | : | germ, |
| definition | : | a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | sprout, |
| definition | : | a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | sprout, |
| definition | : | any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | shoot, |
| definition | : | a new branch (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | germination, sprouting, |
| definition | : | the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | gemmation, pullulation, |
| definition | : | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual (noun.process) |
12. move in large numbers (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | flow, stream, |
| definition | : | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (noun.state) |
13. be teeming, be abuzz (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | cloud, swarm, |
| definition | : | a group of many things in the air or on the ground (noun.group) |
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