What is the meaning of pullulate?

verb

  • Be teeming, be abuzz.
    • usage: "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
  • Move in large numbers.
    • usage: "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
  • Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
    • usage: "the potatoes sprouted"
  • Become abundant; increase rapidly.
  • Breed freely and abundantly. .
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