wemelen — meaning in English

English meaning

• abound verb To exist in large numbers or amounts; to be plentiful.
• teem verb To be stocked to overflowing.

Senses

wemelen is used for these senses in English:

• abound (intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• abound (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

abound — full definition

1. verb To exist in large numbers or amounts; to be plentiful.
2. verb To be full of something, or richly supplied with it.

teem — full definition

1. verb To be stocked to overflowing.
2. verb To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
3. verb To fall prolifically.
4. verb To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

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