overabound

overabound
v
1. superabound, overrun, run riot, run rampant, overgrow, overspread, spread over, be all over, meet one at every turn; infest, plague, beset; swam, swarm with, teem, teem with, crawl, crawl with, creep, creep with, bristle, bristle with, pullulate, be alive with, Sl. be lousy with; overflow, flow over, overspill, spill over, run over, well over, know no bounds.
2. overwhelm, overpower, overcome; choke, smother, suffocate; mount, mount up, pile up; flood, deluge, inundate, drench, engulf, swamp, submerge, whelm, sweep; sate, surfeit, gorge, glut, stuff.

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  • Overabound — O ver*a*bound , v. i. To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overabound — index overload Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overabound — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English over abounden, from over (I) + abounden to abound : to abound too much : be too abundant * * * v.i. * * * overaboundˈ (↑abound) vi(5) • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • overabound — v.i. * * * …   Universalium

  • overabound — v. be overabundant, be too plentiful; be too full …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overabound — o ver•a•bound′ v. i …   From formal English to slang

  • overabound — /oʊvərəˈbaʊnd/ (say ohvuhruh bownd) verb (i) to abound to excess …  

  • overabounding — overaboundˈing (↑abounding) adj(5) • • • Main Entry: ↑over …   Useful english dictionary

  • overload — I verb burden, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, deluge, drench, encumber, flood, force, glut, gorge, inundate, load to excess, make heavy, oppress, overabound, overburden, overdo, overdose, overexert, overfeed, overfill, overstrain, overstuff …   Law dictionary

  • fill — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accommodate, act up to, adhere to, admit, advise, afford, allay, answer, assimilate, attend to, bag, bar, barrel, battologize, be enfeoffed of, be faithful to, be possessed of, be seized of, bellyful,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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