abound.
To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
Meaning & usage
To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
To be wealthy.
To be highly productive.
To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
To revel in.
To be copiously supplied.
The wilderness abounds in traps.
This pond abounds with fish.
Where this word comes from
* 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”).
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