abound

[uh-bound]

verb (used without object)

1. to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers.

   a stream in which trout abound.

2. to be rich or well supplied (usually followed byin ).

   The region abounds in coal.

3. to be filled; teem (usually followed bywith ).

   The ship abounds with rats.

abound

/ əˈbaʊnd /

verb

1. to exist or occur in abundance; be plentiful

   a swamp in which snakes abound

2. to be plentifully supplied (with); teem (with)

   the gardens abound with flowers

   the fields abound in corn

Other Word Forms

• aboundingly adverb
• overabound verb (used without object)
• well-abounding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of abound¹

1325–75; Middle English abounden < Latin abundāre to overflow, equivalent to ab- ab- + undāre to move in waves; undulate

Word History and Origins

Origin of abound¹

C14: via Old French from Latin abundāre to overflow, from undāre to flow, from unda wave

Example Sentences

Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

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Options abound: choose your thread count, fill level, and feather type, from Polish and Hungarian to Siberian and Grade A Icelandic Eiderdown.

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Stories abound of tech bros begging chip makers for hundreds of thousands of these highly engineered pieces of silicon.

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Few people have ever seen it, and while copycat recipes and alleged leaks from disgruntled employees abound, the company says only those who have seen the list really know how to make Cane’s Sauce.

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AI skepticism abounds and other big tech companies have fallen in the wake of their earnings.

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Related Words

• flourish 
• proliferate 
• thrive