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“abounds”
abound (uh BOUND) (verb), abounds; abounded; abounding
1. Everyone can see that his garden is abounding (teeming, flourishing) with roses.
2. Existing in great quantities or numbers; to be prevalent: "The English language abounds (overflows, flourishes) in exact, vigorous, and colorful words to express all shades of meanings." 3. Etymology: rom Latin abundare, "to overflow" from ab-, "from" + undare, "to flow"; from unda, "a wave".
2. Existing in great quantities or numbers; to be prevalent: "The English language abounds (overflows, flourishes) in exact, vigorous, and colorful words to express all shades of meanings." 3. Etymology: rom Latin abundare, "to overflow" from ab-, "from" + undare, "to flow"; from unda, "a wave".
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“abounds”
abound in/with (verb phrase) (something), abounds in/with; abounded in/with; abounding in/with
To be filled with something or to contain a very large amount of something: "They live in an area which abounds with oil."
They were fishing in a stream that abounded in fish."
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English Words in Action, Group A +
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