Definitions for abound

abound a·bound

Spelling: [uh-bound]
IPA: /əˈbaʊnd/

Abound is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in abound (abdnou).

Definitions for abound

verb (used without object)

  1. to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
  2. to be rich or well supplied (usually followed by in):
  3. to be filled; teem (usually followed by with):

Origin of abound

1325-75; Middle English abounden Latin abundāre to overflow, equivalent to ab- ab- + undāre to move in waves; see undulate

Examples for abound

There are also several large lakes, which abound with white trout.

Neither in truth do they abound in iron, as from the fashion of their weapons may be gathered.

The roads, however, abound in mud, and the streams are enormously swollen.

I have learned to locate the Chick-fil-A restaurants that abound as one travels south on Interstate 95 from New York.

Mineral waters, hot and cold, abound on the table-land of Mexico.

While jokes about “tucking and shaving” and “Ken in heels” abound, writers cheer, to varying degrees of enthusiasm, the design.

Cheesecake photos of Ann Coulter abound, and everywhere you look the NRA is urging you to “Stand and Fight!”

They abound upon the shores of the sea and of lakes, but are rarely seen in rivers.

Fun facts like this abound, often displayed via amusing graphs and infographics.

Tales like this, of sailors wandering the desert for miles searching for food and water, abound amid the brutality of the region.

Word Value for abound
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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