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abounds

abounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abound.

Meaning of abound

Verb

abound (third-person singular simple present abounds, present participle abounding, simple past and past participle abounded)

  1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy.
  3. (intransitive) To be highly productive.
  4. (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
    • Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
  5. (intransitive) To revel in.
  6. To be copiously supplied.
    • The wilderness abounds in traps.

Phrases with abounds

Questions about abounds

What is abounds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Abounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abound.

Words near abounds in the dictionary

  1. abounding in one's own sense
  2. abounding with
  3. aboundingly
  4. aboundingness
  5. aboundings
  6. abounds
  7. abounds in
  8. abounds in one's own sense
  9. abounds with
  10. about
  11. About box

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