abound

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Verb

Plain form abound

Third-person singular abounds

Past tense abounded

Past participle abounded

Present participle abounding

1. (intransitive) If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.

   The book abounds with close-up images from space.

   Fish abound in the ocean.