pullulate

• Verbe désignant le fait de se multiplier ou de fourmiller en grand nombre, de pulluler ou de grouiller d'êtres vivants ou d'activité.

A verb used to indicate the act of breeding, multiplying, or teeming abundantly; to swarm or be filled with life or activity.

1. Be teeming or abuzzC2formal

   To be filled or crowded with people, animals, or activity; to swarm.

   Grouiller de monde ou d'activité

   • The market square pullulated with merchants and shoppers.
   • The garden pullulated with bees and butterflies in the summer.
   • The city streets pullulated with life even late at night.

   Synonymesaboundbuzzcrawlhumoverflowswarmteem

2. Move in large numbersC2formal

   To move or spread in a large, often chaotic, group.

   Grouiller

   • Fans pullulated from the stadium after the concert ended.
   • Tourists pullulated through the narrow streets of the old town.
   • The protesters pullulated towards the main square.

   Synonymescrowdfloodseethestreamsurgeswarmteemthrong

3. Produce buds or germinateC2formalscientific

   To sprout, bud, or begin to grow, especially in abundance.

   Produire des bourgeons ou germer

   • The plants pullulated with new shoots after the spring rain.
   • Seeds pullulated rapidly in the warm, moist soil.
   • The tree pullulated with fresh green buds.

   Synonymesbudburgeongerminateshootsproutvegetate

4. Become abundant or increase rapidlyC2formal

   To multiply or grow in number or quantity very quickly.

   Pulluler

   • Rumors pullulated throughout the office after the announcement.
   • The population of the city pullulated during the industrial boom.
   • New ideas pullulated in the creative workshop.

   Synonymesburgeonescalateexplodemultiplymushroomproliferatesnowballswell

   Antonymesdeclinedecreasediminishdwindleshrink

5. Breed freely and abundantlyC2formalscientific

   To reproduce or generate offspring in large numbers.

   Se reproduire abondamment

   • Rabbits pullulate in the wild if not controlled.
   • The species pullulates in this favorable environment.
   • Insects pullulate during the warm months.

   Synonymesbreedmultiplyproliferatepropagatereproducespawn

Variantes phrasalpullulate with