Lexic.us

Definition of Pullulate

1. Verb. Be teeming, be abuzz. "The streets pullulate with crowds"; "Her mind pullulated with worries"

2. Verb. Move in large numbers. "The crowds pullulate in the streets"; "Beggars pullulated in the plaza"

3. Verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate. "The potatoes sprouted"

4. Verb. Become abundant; increase rapidly.

5. Verb. Breed freely and abundantly.

Definition of Pullulate

1. v. i. To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

Definition of Pullulate

1. Verb. To rapidly multiply. ¹

2. Verb. To germinate. ¹

3. Verb. To teem with; to be filled with. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pullulate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullulate

pullout pullouts pullover pullovers pulls pulls a train pulls one's head in pulls one's own weight pulls one's weight pulls over

pulls teeth pulls together pullulan pullulanase pullulans pullulate (current term) pullulate with pullulated pullulates pullulating

pullulation pullulations pullup pullups pully pulmo pulmocutaneous pulmograde pulmometer pulmometers

Literary usage of Pullulate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"produce (young), procreate, conceive (in the womb), engender, propagate; spec, spawn (contemptuous), bear, pullulate, inbreed. Antonyms: see KILL. 2. ..."

2. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"May we suppose, then, that he sees the beaks of these finches pullulate and pullulate into the new species which he describes and draws in his book ? ..."

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