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    a·bound
    [əˈbound]
    verb
    abound (verb) · abounds (third person present) · abounded (past tense) · abounded (past participle) · abounding (present participle)
    1. exist in large numbers or amounts:
      "rumors of a further scandal abound"
      • (abound in/with)
        have in large numbers or amounts:
        "this land abounds with wildlife"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow, be abundant’): from Old French abunder, from Latin abundare ‘overflow’, from ab- ‘from’ + undare ‘surge’ (from unda ‘a wave’).
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    verb
    1. exist in large numbers or amounts:
      proliferate
      superabound
      thrive
      flourish
      be thick on the ground
      grow on trees
      be plentiful
      be abundant
      be numerous
      be two/ten a penny
      Opposite:
      be scarce
      • have in large numbers or amounts:
        swarm with
        be full of
        overflow with
        teem with
        be packed with
        be crowded with
        be thronged with
        be jammed with
        be alive with
        be overrun with
        bristle with
        be bristling with
        be infested with
        be thick with
        be crawling with
        be lousy with
        be stuffed with
        be jam-packed with
        be chockablock with
        be chock-full of
        be heaving with
        pullulate with
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