Abound
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English
Verb
Abound (third-person singular simple present Abounds, present participle Abounding, simple past and past participle Abounded)
- (intransitive) To be plentiful; to be very prevalent; to overflow; exist in large quantities
- (intransitive) To be copiously supplied; to be wealthy in; to teem with; -- followed by in or with.
Adverbs for Abound
plentifully; luxuriantly; astonishingly; endlessly; naturally; primevally; multitudinously; munificently; swarmingly; throngingly; monstrously; boundlessly; excessively; generously.
Synonyms for Abound
teem, flourish, overflow, swell, swarm, flow.
Antonyms for Abound
be rare, be scarce, want, lack, need.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
From Old English abounden, French abonder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell; overflow with”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊnd
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