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1. Be teeming, be abuzz
   "her mind pullulated with worries";
   - teem, swarm
    
2. Move in large numbers
   "beggars pullulated in the plaza";
   - pour, swarm, stream, teem
    
3. Produce buds, branches, or germinate
   "the potatoes pullulated";
   - shoot, spud [informal], germinate, bourgeon [archaic], burgeon forth [archaic], sprout, burgeon [archaic]
    
4. Become abundant; increase rapidly
    
5. Breed freely and abundantly

Derived forms: pullulates, pullulating, pullulated

Type of: breed, buzz, crowd, crowd together, grow, hum, increase, multiply, seethe