abounding

verb (used without object)

to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.

to be rich or well supplied (usually followed by in ): The region abounds in coal.

to be filled; teem (usually followed by with ): The ship abounds with rats.

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

Related forms

a·bound·ing·ly, adverb

o·ver·a·bound, verb (used without object)

well-a·bound·ing, adjective

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abound (əˈbaʊnd)

—vb (foll by with or in)
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

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

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Word Origin & History

abound

late 14c., from O.Fr. abunder, from L. abundare "overflow, run over," from L. ab- "off" + undare "rise in a wave," from unda "water, wave" (see water).

abounding

1630s, prp. adj. from abound; originally "affluent;" sense of "overflowing" is recorded by 1680s.

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Example sentences

Cheap and fertile land, abounding game, and plentiful water lured settlers to

the area at a steady pace.

But she nevertheless made no scruple of abounding in her cousin's sense, and

pretending to sigh for the charms of her native land.

Over the last few decades, scientists' understanding of the deep sea and its

abounding life has become much clearer.

Location of all adjacent and abounding roads or streets and street curbs within

limits of work, including driveways and entrances.

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"The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means clearing the guilty, but visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

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