abound

(ə-bound')
intr.v., a·bound·ed, a·bound·ing, a·bounds.

1. To be great in number or amount.
2. To be fully supplied or filled; teem. See synonyms at teem¹.

[Middle English abounden, from Old French abonder, from Latin abundāre, to overflow : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + undāre, to flow (from unda, wave).]

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can have as its subject things that are plentiful or (followed by in or with) the place where things are plentiful:

Mulberry trees abound in Oxford—[note that in goes with Oxford, not abound!]—Jan Morris, 1978

A few years since this country abounded in wild animals—A. Moorehead, 1963

The text, written in Yinglish and American, abounds in euphemisms—Observer, 1974.

The word is also common intransitively with no complementation:

When the idea of a university of the air was first floated, sceptics abounded.—Listener, 1984.

Internet cafes abound—New Humanist Magazine, 2005 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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verb

To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: bristle, crawl, flow, overflow, pullulate, swarm, teem. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.

v

Definition: overflowing; existing in abundance
Antonyms: deficient, fail, lack, need, short, want

IN BRIEF: To be abundant.

Fresh lobsters abound in the sea!

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - være i overflod, findes i store mængder

idioms:

• abound in    være rig på

Nederlands (Dutch)
overvloedig aanwezig zijn

Français (French)
v. intr. - abonder, abonder en, regorger de

idioms:

• abound in    regorger de, abonder en

Deutsch (German)
v. - in Überfluß vorhanden sein, reichlich vorhanden sein

idioms:

• abound in    reich sein an

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αφθονώ, βρίθω

idioms:

• abound in    έχω πληθώρα

Italiano (Italian)
abbondare

idioms:

• abound in    abbondare di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abundar

idioms:

• abound in    ser rico em

Русский (Russian)
быть, находиться в большом количестве

idioms:

• abound in    изобиловать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - abundar, rebosar

idioms:

• abound in    ser rico en, abundante en

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - finnas i överflöd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
丰富, 充满, 富于

idioms:

• abound in    富于

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 豐富, 充滿, 富於

idioms:

• abound in    富於

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 풍부하다

idioms:

• abound in    풍부하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - たくさんある
v. - たくさんいる, 富む

idioms:

• abound in    豊富である, あふれている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكثر, يغزر, يسود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮היה מלא, שפע, שרץ‬

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