vverb.stativebe teeming, be abuzzSynset:swarm teem
Examples:- The garden was swarming with bees
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
- her mind pullulated with worries
Derivationally Related Form:swarm
Hypernyms:buzz hum seethe
Inherited Hypernyms:teemhumbe
Direct Hyponyms:crawl
Full Troponyms:crawl
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Something ---s (apply to: teem) | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: swarm, teem)
vverb.motionmove in large numbersSynset:pour stream swarm teem
Examples:- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
Derivationally Related Form:streamswarm
Hypernyms:crowd crowd together
Inherited Hypernyms:pourcrowdmeetinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:pour outspill outspill over
Full Troponyms:spill over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: swarm)
vverb.changeproduce buds, branches, or germinateSynset:bourgeon burgeon forth germinate shoot sprout spud
Derivationally Related Form:shootsproutgerminationpullulationgermsprouting
Hypernyms:grow
Inherited Hypernyms:shootgrowdevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changebecome abundant; increase rapidlyDerivationally Related Form:pullulation
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:pullulateincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.bodybreed freely and abundantlyHypernyms:breed multiply
Inherited Hypernyms:pullulatebreedreproducemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s