EGAVE

abound

About 2.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To be full to overflowing; to bristle. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. verb To be wealthy.
  3. verb To be highly productive.
  4. verb To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
    Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
  5. verb To revel in.
  6. verb To be copiously supplied. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with in or with ‘something’]
    The wilderness abounds in traps.

Similar words

burst bristle thrive teem generate circulate brim overflow overrun proliferate

Often followed by

in with and on of to throughout for more

Word family

abounded abounding abounds

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