abounding

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/
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Adjective

abounding (comparative more abounding, superlative most abounding)

Ample, plenty, abundant.
abounding food

an abounding stream

Derived terms

Translations

ample, plenteous, plenty

Bulgarian: обилен (bg) m (obilen), изобилен (bg) m (izobilen), излишен (bg) m (izlišen)
Dutch: overvloedig (nl), zeer productief, uiterst rijk, gevaarlijk gezwollen (said of a stream)
German: reichlich (de)
Ido: abundanta (io)
Latin: abundans, largus
Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) m (izobílujuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: obilan (sh), izobilan (sh), izdašan (sh)

Verb

abounding

present participle and gerund of abound

Noun

abounding (plural aboundings)

An abundance.
- 1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God:
  Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]

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