Overflow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks.
  • verb-intransitive. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a boundless supply; be superabundant. See Synonyms at teem1.
  • v. To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.
  • v. To spread or cover over; flood.
  • v. To cause to fill beyond capacity.
  • n. The act of overflowing.
  • n. Something that flows over; an excess.
  • n. An outlet or vent through which excess liquid may escape.
  • n. Computer Science A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
  • v. To fill beyond the limits of a container or system.
  • v. To exceed the available numeric range.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
  • v. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
  • verb-intransitive. To run over the bounds.
  • verb-intransitive. To be superabundant; to abound.
  • n. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
  • n. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
  • n. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To flow or spread over; inundate; cover with water or other liquid; flood.
  • To fill and run over the edge or brim of.
  • To deluge; overwhelm; cover; overrun.
  • To overcome with drink; intoxicate.
  • To flow over; swell and run over the brim or banks.
  • To be so full that the contents run over the brim; be more than full.
  • n. A flowing over; an inundation.
  • n. The excess that flows over; hence, superabundance; exuberance.
  • n. Specifically, that form or style of verse in which the sense may flow on through more than a couple of lines, and does not necessarily terminate with the line.
  • n. Same as overflow-basin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
  • v. flow or run over (a limit or brim)
  • v. overflow with a certain feeling
  • n. a large flow
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flowing    flow    seethe    boil   
    Cross Reference
    abound   
    Variant
    overflown   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inundate    overwhelm    abound    inundation    superabundance    flood    float    flow    swim    flooding   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flood    inundation    suction    outburst    drain    outflow    inlet