Dictionary Definition
abound
Verb
1 be abundant or plentiful; exist in large
quantities
2 be in a state of movement or action; "The room
abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with
toddlers" [syn: burst,
bristle]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From Old English abounden, French abonder, from Latin abundare "to overflow", which comes from ab- + unda "wave".Pronunciation
- (RP) /əˈbaʊnd/
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- Rhymes: -aʊnd
Verb
- To be plentiful;
to be very prevalent;
to overflow.
- The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.
- Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20.
- To be copiously
supplied; to be wealthy
in; to teem with; --
followed by in or with.
- The wilderness abounds in traps.
Derived terms
Translations
to be plentiful
- Bulgarian: изобилствам
- Dutch: overvloedig aanwezig zijn
- Finnish: olla runsaasti, olla tulvillaan
- French: abonder
- German: im Überfluss vorhanden sein
- Italian: abbondare, essere abbondante
- Novial: abunda
- Portuguese: abundar, ser abundante
- Spanish: abundar, ser abundante
to be copiously supplied
- Dutch: wemelen (van)
- Finnish: olla runsaasti, olla tulvillaan
- French: abonder
- Italian: abbondare, essere abbondante
- Novial: abunda
- Portuguese: abundar, ser abundante
- Spanish: abundar, ser abundante
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Ido: abundar
- ttbc Vietnamese: có rất nhiều, có thừa, nhan nhản, lúc nhúc, đầy dẫy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abound with, be alive with, bristle with, burst
with, clutter, crawl, crawl with, creep with,
crowd, crowded, exuberate, filled, flourish, flow, gush, jam, multiply, overflow, overflow with,
pack, packed, pour, prevail, proliferate, pullulate, pullulate with,
rain, run over, shower, stream, swarm, swarm with, teem, teem with, thrive, throng, throng
with