abound

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to be abundant or plentiful

   Strawberries abound.

2. 2
   verb

   to be in a state of movement or action

   The room abounded with screaming children.

3. 3
   verb

   To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.

   Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.

4. 4
   verb

   To be copiously supplied.

   The wilderness abounds in traps.

5. 5
   verb

   To be full to overflowing; to bristle.

6. 6
   verb

   To be wealthy.

7. 7
   verb

   To be highly productive.

8. 8
   verb

   To revel in.

Etymology

* First attested around 1325. * From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).