| abundance | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. abundance, copiousness, teemingness | the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply.; "an age of abundance" |
| ~ quantity | an adequate or large amount.; "he had a quantity of ammunition" |
| ~ bountifulness, amplitude, bounty | the property of copious abundance. |
| ~ plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty | a full supply.; "there was plenty of food for everyone" |
| ~ profuseness, profusion, richness, cornucopia | the property of being extremely abundant.; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" |
| ~ wealth | the quality of profuse abundance.; "she has a wealth of talent" |
| ~ lushness, luxuriance, voluptuousness | the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses. |
| ~ overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance | a quantity that is more than what is appropriate.; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. abundance | (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ ratio | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient). |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. abundance | (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ ratio | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient). |
| lavish | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. lavish, shower | expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns.; "He was showered with praise" |
| ~ ware, squander, consume, waste | spend extravagantly.; "waste not, want not" |
| adj. | 2. lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting | very generous.; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" |
| ~ generous | willing to give and share unstintingly.; "a generous donation" |
| adj. | 3. lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy | characterized by extravagance and profusion.; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" |
| ~ rich | suggestive of or characterized by great expense.; "a rich display" |
| abound | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. abound | be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 2. abound, bristle, burst | be in a state of movement or action.; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
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