abound

abound
intransitive verb
1) (be plentiful) reichlich od. in Hülle und Fülle vorhanden sein od. da sein
2)

abound in something — an etwas (Dat.) reich sein

abound with — voll sein von

* * *
verb
1) ((with in or with) to have plenty of: The east coast abounds in good farming land.) Überfluß haben an
2) (to be very plentiful: Fish abound in these waters.) im Überfluß vorhanden sein
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abound
[əˈbaʊnd]
vi
1. (be very numerous) [sehr] zahlreich sein
wildlife \abounds in these woods in diesen Wäldern gibt es eine reichhaltige Tierwelt
rumours \abound that ... es kursieren zahlreiche Gerüchte, dass ...
2. (have many of)
to \abound with [or in] sth von etw dat [nur so] wimmeln
your manuscript \abounds with typing errors in deinem Manuskript wimmelt es nur so von Tippfehlern
it is an area \abounding in wild plants dieses Gebiet ist reich an Wildpflanzen
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[ə'baʊnd]
vi
(= exist in great numbers) im Überfluss vorhanden sein; (persons) sehr zahlreich sein; (= have in great numbers) reich sein (in an +dat)

students/rabbits abound in ... — es wimmelt von Studenten/Kaninchen in ...

abound in this place — hier kursieren jede Menge Gerüchte

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abound [əˈbaʊnd] v/i
1. im Überfluss oder reichlich vorhanden sein:
theories abound as to … es gibt zahlreiche Theorien über (akk)
2. Überfluss haben, reich sein (beide:
in an dat):
abound in fish fischreich sein
3. (with) (an)gefüllt sein (mit), voll sein (von), auch pej wimmeln (von), strotzen (vor dat):
the cellar abounds with vermin im Keller wimmelt es von Ungeziefer
* * *
intransitive verb
1) (be plentiful) reichlich od. in Hülle und Fülle vorhanden sein od. da sein
2)

abound in something — an etwas (Dat.) reich sein

abound with — voll sein von

* * *
(in) v.
reich sein (an) ausdr.
Überfluss haben ausdr. (with) v.
voll sein ausdr.
wimmeln (von) v. v.
reichlich vorhanden sein ausdr.

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