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- 'And, sure enough, they were catching the little green crabs with which the water abounded.†
Chpt 3 *abounded = was abundant or plentiful
- Lobsters, crabs and mussels also abounded on the shore.†
Chpt 9
- We approached nearer and found he was right—soft fine wool enclosed in pods, and still hanging on the bushes or lying on the ground, abounded in every direction.†
Chpt 9
- A vessel on Lake Superior, in North America, was wrecked on a small island abounding in rattlesnakes, and for that reason uninhabited.†
Chpt 11abounding = abundant or plentiful
- I readily agreed to do so, as soon as they should furnish me with the necessary materials, and advised them to make half a dozen rat-traps, that they might secure the water rats with which the stream abounded, and whose rich glossy fur would serve admirably for felt.†
Chpt 13abounded = was abundant or plentiful
- The tapir can swim and dive with perfect ease, and abounds in the densely wooded swamps and rivers of tropical America.†
Chpt 15abounds = is abundant or plentiful
Definitions:
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(1)
(abound) to be abundant or plentiful
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)