Commentary:
NOTE: includes metaphorical usages
Examples:
Any negative number is just negative one multiplied by a positive number.
Take the principal balance multiplied by the monthly interest rate.
manga PLUS horror MULTIPLIED BY youtube = AWESOME!
Do we want France's problems, multiplied by a factor of three?
Mappings:
VerbNet: calibratable_cos-45.6
FrameNet: Proliferating_in_number
PropBank: multiply.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
Examples:
For this parent stock has been recovered from remote hills of the region and multiplied in captivity.
Orissa is known for crocodile breeding where the endangered species are multiplied in the sanctuary.
If wolves are removed from their natural environment, then deer multiply without restriction.
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Proliferating_in_number
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4
Commentary: Includes: MULTIPLY LIKE RABBITS/BUNNIES/RATS/FISH/LOAVES
Examples:
My weeks are never so under control and my archives have in the past multiplied like bunnies.
I wish she had not used the phrase 'multiplied like rats'. Would 'multiplied like rabbits' be more p.c.?
By August 2001, that lonely share of GE stock had multiplied like capitalist loaves and fishes.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Proliferating_in_number
PropBank: NM