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pullulate
pul·lu·late P0654500 (pŭl′yə-lāt′)intr.v. pul·lu·lat·ed, pul·lu·lat·ing, pul·lu·lates 1. To breed rapidly or abundantly.2. To be or increase in great numbers: "Ideas pullulated in his brain" (G.D. Dess).3. To teem; swarm: a lagoon that pullulated with fish.
[Latin pullulāre, pullulāt-, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus, young fowl; see pullet.]
pul′lu·la′tion n.pullulate (ˈpʌljʊˌleɪt) vb (intr) 1. (Biology) (of animals, etc) to breed rapidly or abundantly; teem; swarm2. (Botany) (of plants or plant parts) to sprout, bud, or germinate[C17: from Latin pullulāre to sprout, from pullulus a baby animal, from pullus young animal] ˌpulluˈlation npul•lu•late (ˈpʌl yəˌleɪt)
v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 1. to germinate; sprout. 2. to breed or increase rapidly. 3. to swarm; teem. [1610–20; < Latin pullulātus, past participle of pullulāre to sprout, derivative of pullulus a sprout, young animal, diminutive of pullus; see pullet] pul`lu•la′tion, n. pullulate
Past participle: pullulated
Gerund: pullulating
| Imperative |
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| pullulate | | pullulate |
| Present |
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| I pullulate | | you pullulate | | he/she/it pullulates | | we pullulate | | you pullulate | | they pullulate |
| Preterite |
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| I pullulated | | you pullulated | | he/she/it pullulated | | we pullulated | | you pullulated | | they pullulated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am pullulating | | you are pullulating | | he/she/it is pullulating | | we are pullulating | | you are pullulating | | they are pullulating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have pullulated | | you have pullulated | | he/she/it has pullulated | | we have pullulated | | you have pullulated | | they have pullulated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was pullulating | | you were pullulating | | he/she/it was pullulating | | we were pullulating | | you were pullulating | | they were pullulating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had pullulated | | you had pullulated | | he/she/it had pullulated | | we had pullulated | | you had pullulated | | they had pullulated |
| Future |
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| I will pullulate | | you will pullulate | | he/she/it will pullulate | | we will pullulate | | you will pullulate | | they will pullulate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have pullulated | | you will have pullulated | | he/she/it will have pullulated | | we will have pullulated | | you will have pullulated | | they will have pullulated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be pullulating | | you will be pullulating | | he/she/it will be pullulating | | we will be pullulating | | you will be pullulating | | they will be pullulating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been pullulating | | you have been pullulating | | he/she/it has been pullulating | | we have been pullulating | | you have been pullulating | | they have been pullulating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been pullulating | | you will have been pullulating | | he/she/it will have been pullulating | | we will have been pullulating | | you will have been pullulating | | they will have been pullulating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been pullulating | | you had been pullulating | | he/she/it had been pullulating | | we had been pullulating | | you had been pullulating | | they had been pullulating |
| Conditional |
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| I would pullulate | | you would pullulate | | he/she/it would pullulate | | we would pullulate | | you would pullulate | | they would pullulate |
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| I would have pullulated | | you would have pullulated | | he/she/it would have pullulated | | we would have pullulated | | you would have pullulated | | they would have pullulated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | pullulate - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"swarm, teemseethe, hum, buzz - be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"crawl - be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" | | 2. | pullulate - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"pour, swarm, teem, streamcrowd 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" | | 3. | pullulate - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, spud, shootgrow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" | | 4. | pullulate - become abundant; increase rapidlyincrease - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" | | 5. | pullulate - breed freely and abundantlymultiply, breed - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" |
pullulateverbTo be abundantly filled or richly supplied:abound, bristle, crawl, flow, overflow, swarm, teem.Translations
pullulate
pul·lu·late (pyul'ū-lāt), To undergo pullulation.pullulate (pŭl′yə-lāt′)intr.v. pullu·lated, pullu·lating, pullu·lates 1. To breed rapidly or abundantly.2. To be or increase in great numbers: "Ideas pullulated in his brain" (G.D. Dess).3. To teem; swarm: a lagoon that pullulated with fish.
pul′lu·la′tion n.pullulate (pŭl″ū-lāt) [L. pullulare, to sprout] To bud or germinate.pullulate
Related to pullulate: PisticSynonyms for pullulateverb to be abundantly filled or richly suppliedSynonyms- abound
- bristle
- crawl
- flow
- overflow
- swarm
- teem
Synonyms for pullulateverb be teeming, be abuzzSynonymsRelated Wordsverb move in large numbersSynonymsRelated Words- crowd together
- crowd
- spill out
- spill over
- pour out
verb produce buds, branches, or germinateSynonyms- bourgeon
- burgeon forth
- germinate
- sprout
- spud
- shoot
Related Wordsverb become abundantRelated Wordsverb breed freely and abundantlyRelated Words |