overflow

overflow
v
1. flow over, run over, overrun, spill over, overspill, slop over, brim over, teem, teem over, well over, swarm, swam over; overspread, spread over, overgrow, grow over, know no bounds.
2. surge, swell, stream forth, pour forth, disembogue, debouch, discharge.
3. abound, superabound, exuberate; abound with, burst with, be alive with, bristle with, throng with, be rich in.
4. inundate, flood, deluge, pour over; submerge, drown, cover, engulf, bury; drench, saturate, soak.
n
5. overflowing, inundation, flood, flash flood, freshet, deluge, debacle, washout.
6. superabundance, overabundance, overfullness, overprofusion, overplentifulness, overplenteousness, overplenty, nimiety, superflux; superfluity, super-fluousness, oversufficiency, supererogation, redundance, redundancy; repletion, engorgement, congestion, surcharge; profusion, more than enough, enough and to spare, enough and then some; surplus, surfeit, satiety, glut, plethora, excess; oversupply, over-measure, overload, overburden.

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  • Overflow — O ver*flow , n. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overflow — ► VERB 1) flow over the brim of a receptacle. 2) be excessively full or crowded. 3) (overflow with) be very full of (an emotion). ► NOUN 1) the overflowing of a liquid. 2) the excess not able to be accommodated by a space …   English terms dictionary

  • overflow — [n] flood, inundation advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch,… …   New thesaurus

  • overflow — [ō΄vər flō′; ] also, and for n.always [, ō′vər flō΄] vt. 1. to flow over or across; flood 2. to flow over the brim or edge of 3. to cause to overflow by filling beyond capacity vi. 1. to flow beyond the limits; run over 2. to be more than full or …   English World dictionary

  • Overflow — O ver*flow , v. i. 1. To run over the bounds. [1913 Webster] 2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overflow — O ver*flow , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See {Over}, and {Flow}.] 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overflow — (engl. für Überlauf, überfließen) bezeichnet: in der Informatik: einen Arithmetischen Überlauf einen Pufferüberlauf einen japanischen Erogē Produzenten: 0verflow Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • overflow — index balance (amount in excess), cataclysm, inundate, outflow, overage, plethora, surfeit, surplus Burton s …   Law dictionary

  • overflow — *teem, swarm, abound …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • overflow — as a verb, has the past form and past participle overflowed …   Modern English usage

  • overflow — I UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈfləʊ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈfloʊ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms overflow : present tense I/you/we/they overflow he/she/it overflows present participle overflowing past tense overflowed past participle overflowed 1) a) to flow… …   English dictionary

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