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[ verb ] be teeming, be abuzz

Synonyms

swarm pullulate

Examples

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

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

The record teems with romance and adventure .

Related terms

hum crawl abound_in swarm

2
[ verb ] move in large numbers

Examples

"people were pouring out of the theater" "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

Related terms

crowd spill_over stream

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