pullulate

Verb
Synonyms: teemswarmpourstreamshootspudgerminatebourgeonburgeon forthsprout

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. be teeming, be abuzz“The garden was swarming with bees”“The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen”“her mind pullulated with worries”Synonyms: teemswarm
  2. move in large numbers“people were pouring out of the theater”“beggars pullulated in the plaza”Synonyms: pourswarmstreamteem
  3. produce buds, branches, or germinate“the potatoes sprouted”Synonyms: shootspudgerminatebourgeonburgeon forthsprout
  4. become abundant; increase rapidly
  5. breed freely and abundantly
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pullulate \Pul"lu*late\, v. i. [L. pullulatus, p. p. of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus. See pullet.] To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. --Warburton. [1913 Webster]
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