intransitive verb

1. to be plentiful; exist in large numbers or amounts tropical plants abound in the jungle
2. to have plenty; be filled; be wealthy (in) or teem (with) a land that abounds in grain, woods that abound with game

Etymology: ME abounden < OFr abonder < L abundare, to overflow < ab-, away + undare, to rise in waves < unda, a wave: see water