abound
UK/əˈbaʊnd//əˈbaʊnd/
abound verb: to be full to overflowing; to bristle.
Verb
abound (third-person singular simple present abounds, present participle abounding, simple past and past participle abounded)
- 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.
- Moreouer, the Lawe entred, that the offence might abound: but where sinne abounded, grace did much more abound.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 5:20
- To revel in.
- To be copiously supplied.
- The wilderness abounds in traps.
- This pond abounds with fish.
abound meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
abound in Hindi
- बहुत होना, बहुत फैला होना, फटा पड़ना, प्रचुर, भरपूर, विपुल
abound in Tamil
- நிறைந்திரு, மிகுதியாயிரு, ஏராளமாயிரு, மிஞ்சுகிற, திரளுகிற
abound in Urdu
- باافراط ہونا, کثرت سے ہونا
abound in Bengali
- প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা
More languagesFewer languages
- abound in Malayalam
- നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുക, ധാരാളമുണ്ടാവുക
- abound in Kannada
- ಆರು, ತೀವು, ಚಳೆ, ತುಂಬು
- abound in Arabic
- كَثُر kaṯur, تَوَفَر tawafar
- abound in Thai
- เต็มไปด้วย dtem bpai dûay, อุดมไปด้วย udom bpai dûay
Examples of abound in a sentence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abounded.
- It is common to find women selling molokoni in kafunda joints that abound Kampala.
- BROTPs and OT3s (shipping three characters in a polyamorous relationship) abound.
Forms of abound
| third-person singular present | abounds |
|---|---|
| present participle | abounding |
| past participle | abounded |
| past | abounded |
Origin of abound
* 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”).
Words formed from abound
Phrases with abound
Words that rhyme with abound
45 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- bound
- hound
- profound
- impound
- unbound
- underground
- crowned
- found
- remound
- surround
- unsound
- aground
- embrowned
- expound
- gound
- overground
- sqround
- surround sound
- unconfound
- uncrowned
- astound
- baffound
- below ground
- blound
- browned
- charging the mound
- clowned
- downed
- drowned
- found sound
- frowned
- gowned
- interwound
- lb
- newfound
- overwound
- playaround
- reground
- renowned
- rewound
- unfound
- unrenowned
- unwound
- wound
- York round
Questions about abound
- What does abound mean?
- Abound means to be full to overflowing; to bristle.
- What is abound in Hindi?
- Abound in Hindi is बहुत होना, बहुत फैला होना, फटा पड़ना. See Abound meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abound?
- Abound is a verb.
- How do you pronounce abound?
- Abound is pronounced /əˈbaʊnd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of abound?
- The past tense of abound is abounded.
Words near abound in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abound (page history and authors); abound (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abound (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abound (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abound (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abound (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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