abound

Definitions

1. To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
   intransitive
2. To be wealthy.
   intransitive, obsolete
3. To be highly productive.
   intransitive
4. To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
   intransitive
5. To revel in.
   intransitive
6. To be copiously supplied.

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةالتفتوفرفاضكثرمغديسوديغزريكثر+ 5 more

Bosanskiabundati

Češtinahýřitkypětoplývatpřekypovat+ 1 more

Ελληνικάαφθονώ

Esperantoabundisufiĉegi

Suomipullolleen

Galegoabondarabouxarsobexar

עבריתשפע

Hrvatskiabundati

Magyarbővelkedik

Italianoabbondareessere abbondante

日本語たくさんたくさんある唸る

Latinaexuberomadeoniteoredundoscatosuperstitosupersum+ 4 more

Nederlandsin grote aantallen voorkomenkrioelen vanovervloedig aanwezig zijnovervloedig voortbrengenwemelenwemelen vanzeer productief zijn+ 4 more

Portuguêsabundarser abundante

Românăabunda

Русскийизоби́ловатькише́ть

Српскиabundati

Svenskafloreravimla

ไทยอุดมไปด้วยเต็มไปด้วย

Türkçekaynamak

Українськарясніти

Examples

“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.”

“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 folding doors [...].”

“Evidence for cannibalism abounds - even if circumstantial - both from the modern world and throughout history, but academic anthropology has found itself in a funk of denial.”

“The wilderness abounds in traps.”

“This pond abounds with fish⟳.”

“I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.”

“1858-1860, George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World the wild boar, which abounds both in Azerbijan and in the country about Hamadan”

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