proliferate
(verb) cause to grow or increase rapidly; “We must not proliferate nuclear arms”
proliferate
(verb) grow rapidly; “Pizza parlors proliferate in this area”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)
(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*lif"er*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: To produce zooids by budding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
