Abound

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /əˈbaÊŠnd/
• US IPA: /əˈbaÊŠnd/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠnd

Origin

• First attested around 1325.
• From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō ("overflow"), which comes from ab ("from, down from") + undō ("surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves"), from unda ("wave").

Full definition of abound

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing. First attested from around (1350 to 1470).

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy. Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18^th century.
2. (intransitive) To be highly productive.
3. (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful. First attested from around (1350 to 1470).Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
• Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20.
4. (intransitive) To revel in. Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18^th century.
5. (intransitive) To be copiously supplied;The wilderness abounds in traps.
• The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.

Usage notes

(copiously supplied) Abound is followed by in or with.

Derived terms

• abounder
• aboundingly
• abound in
• abound with

Related terms

• abundance
• abundant