1. (verb) 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. (verb) pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
3. (verb) shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
4. (verb) pullulate
become abundant; increase rapidly
5. (verb) pullulate
breed freely and abundantly
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