abound

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).]

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

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IN BRIEF: To be abundant.

Fresh lobsters abound in the sea!

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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