Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Overflowing; plentiful; abundant: as, abounding wealth.
- noun The state of being abundant; abundance; increase.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
abundant
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Ample ,plenty ,abundant . - verb Present participle of
abound .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective existing in abundance
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Examples
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Football division is in abounding like adulatory the season, acknowledging your aggregation
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The hatred that is abounding from the nut cases out there is totally racist and Mr. Carter has the where with all to finally address this sad issue it when the media and pretty much everyone else sticks their collective heads in the sand.
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Herodotus describes as abounding in the Nile in his time, but which is now extinct; with a flower resembling a rose, and a fruit in shape like
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Similar qualities had characterized her acting, and they spring from a nature which a close observer has described as clear in perception yet swayed by fantasy; strong of will yet impulsive as quicksilver; finding enjoyment now in animated discussion, now in impetuous riding, now in absolute repose; full of maternal tenderness, yet fond of splendor and the excitements of society; a nature, in short, abounding in contrasts, but substantially that of a true, noble and lovable woman.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various
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Football division is in abounding accessory and there’s
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It is such lands which I have alluded to as abounding in the Himalayas, and which are, at present, of so little value either to the Government, or to the natives themselves.
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Still, this period may be made very tolerable by keeping the mind diverted in every pleasant occupation possible, such as I shall presently refer to as abounding on our
The Opium Habit Horace B. Day
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Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand.
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete Filson Young 1907
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Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand.
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 3 Filson Young 1907
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Columbus thought that he smelled Oriental spices, which Marco Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand.
Christopher Columbus Young, Filson 1906
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