pullulation
/ˌpʌljʊˈleɪʃən/
pullulation noun: a teeming, swarming, or multiplying.
Noun
pullulation (usually uncountable, plural pullulations)
- A teeming, swarming, or multiplying.
- [The cats] took not the slightest notice of either Mr. Flay or of himself save for the sudden cessation of their purring. When they had stood in the darkness, and before Mr. Flay had removed the bunch of keys from his pocket, Steerpike had imagined he had heard a heavy, deep throbbing, a monotonous...1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
pullulation meaning in Tamil and Bengali
pullulation in Tamil
- முளை வளர்ச்சி, அரும்பு வளர்ச்சி
pullulation in Bengali
- প্রচুর সংখ্যায় বিদ্যমান থাকা, ঝাঁক বেঁধে থাকা, সংখ্যাবৃদ্ধি
Forms of pullulation
| plural | pullulations |
|---|
Origin of pullulation
From pullulate + -ion.
Words formed from pullulation
Questions about pullulation
- What does pullulation mean?
- Pullulation means a teeming, swarming, or multiplying.
- What is pullulation in Tamil?
- Pullulation in Tamil is முளை வளர்ச்சி, அரும்பு வளர்ச்சி. See Pullulation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pullulation?
- Pullulation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pullulation?
- Pullulation is pronounced /ˌpʌljʊˈleɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of pullulation?
- The plural of pullulation is pullulations.
Words near pullulation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pullulation (page history and authors); pullulation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pullulation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “pullulation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pullulation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.