abound

UK /əˈbaʊnd/ US /əˈbaʊnd/

verb 5

Definitions

verb

To be full to overflowing; to bristle.

To be wealthy.

To be highly productive.

To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.

Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.

Moreouer, the Lawe entred, that the offence might abound: but where sinne abounded, grace did much more abound.

To revel in.

Collocations

ADJ.

most, mutual, natural, wild, wild

VERB + ABOUND

films, fish, game, interests, lies, references, resort

ABOUND + NOUN

area, days, dungeon, french, humour, lake, man, resources

PREP.

about, in, on

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — be in a state of movement or action

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

abound in one's own sense

To follow one’s own inclinations and opinions.

But for that very reason that the conventional requires softness or impressionability to the dear little urbanities in you, if you abound in your own sense […] they are weak, & soo

Example Bank

Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.

Wiktionary

Moreouer, the Lawe entred, that the offence might abound: but where sinne abounded, grace did much more abound.

Wiktionary

One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width foldin

Wiktionary

The fields abound in wild flowers.

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Game birds abound in the area.

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Fish abound in this river.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, abound is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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