Other forms: abounded, abounds, abounding
To abound is to be present in very great numbers. Rumours abound, theories abound, the woods abound with deer.
It is nearly always used with an inanimate subject and often in the phrase rumours abound, which is how journalists report gossip without endorsing it. It takes with or in when naming what is plentiful.
1verbaboundTo be present in very great numbers.
“Wild flowers abound in these meadows in spring.”
abound is a being plentiful.