| VERB | stative | pullulate, teem, swarm | be teeming, be abuzz |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | pullulate, pour, swarm, stream, teem | move in large numbers | |
| change | pullulate, shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout | produce buds, branches, or germinate | |
| change | pullulate | become abundant | |
| body | pullulate | breed freely and abundantly |
| Meaning | Be teeming, be abuzz. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "her mind pullulated with worries" | |
| Synonyms | teem, swarm | |
| Narrower | crawl | Be full of |
| Broader | hum, buzz, seethe | Be noisy with activity |
| Spanish | hormiguear, pulular | |
| Catalan | abundar, formiguejar | |
| Meaning | Move in large numbers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "beggars pullulated in the plaza" | |
| Synonyms | pour, swarm, stream, teem | |
| Narrower | spill over, spill out, pour out | Be disgorged |
| Broader | crowd, crowd together | To gather together in large numbers |
| Spanish | hormiguear | |
| Catalan | anar a patolls | |
| Meaning | produce buds, branches, or germinate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | shoot, spud, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout | |
| Broader | grow | increase in size by natural process |
| Similar to | germinate | Cause to grow or sprout |
| Spanish | brotar, germinar, nacer, pulular | |
| Catalan | apuntar, brollar, brostar, brotar, créixer, germinar, grillar, nàixer, néixer, rebrollar, rebrostar, rebrotar, rellucar, treure | |
| Nouns | pullulation | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual |
| Meaning | Become abundant; increase rapidly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | pulular | |
| Catalan | pul·lular | |
| Nouns | pullulation | a rapid and abundant increase / increase |
| Meaning | Breed freely and abundantly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | breed, multiply | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
| Spanish | pulular | |
| Catalan | expandir-se, multiplicar-se, pul·lular | |
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