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pullulate

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Once evolution kicks up a species with the behavioural flexibility to escape ecological limits on its reproductive success, it's likely just a biological inevitability that it will pullulate uncontrollably.

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be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

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verb

be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

verb

move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

verb

produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pullulate.

verb

be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

See also: teem, swarm

verb

move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

See also: pour, swarm, stream, teem

verb

become abundant; increase rapidly

verb

breed freely and abundantly

Example sentences

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Once evolution kicks up a species with the behavioural flexibility to escape ecological limits on its reproductive success, it's likely just a biological inevitability that it will pullulate uncontrollably.

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How do you use pullulate in a sentence?

Once evolution kicks up a species with the behavioural flexibility to escape ecological limits on its reproductive success, it's likely just a biological inevitability that it will pullulate uncontrollably.

What does pullulate mean?

be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

What part of speech is pullulate?

pullulate is commonly used as verb.