English Dictionary |
PULLULATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does pullulate mean?
• PULLULATE (verb)
The verb PULLULATE has 5 senses:
3. produce buds, branches, or germinate
4. become abundant; increase rapidly
5. breed freely and abundantly
Familiarity information: PULLULATE used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: pullulated
Past participle: pullulated
-ing form: pullulating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be teeming, be abuzz
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
Context example:
her mind pullulated with worries
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
buzz; hum; seethe (be noisy with activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pullulate"):
crawl (be full of)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move in large numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
pour; pullulate; stream; swarm; teem
Context example:
beggars pullulated in the plaza
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pullulate"):
pour out; spill out; spill over (be disgorged)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud
Context example:
the potatoes sprouted
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
pullulation (asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Become abundant; increase rapidly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
pullulation (a rapid and abundant increase)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Breed freely and abundantly
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "pullulate" is one way to...):
breed; multiply (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"If you wanted obedience command with what is possible." (Arabic proverb)
"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see." (Dutch proverb)