[əˈbaʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- exist in large numbers or amounts
(e.g: rumours of a further scandal abound)


Phrases:

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’)