Meaning of OVERFLOW
| Pronunciation: | | `owvur'flow
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- [n] a large flow
- [n] the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- [v] overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"
- [v] flow or run over (a limit or brim)
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| | Synonyms: | | brim over, bubble over, flood, outpouring, overrun, overspill, run over, runoff, spill over, well over |
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| | See Also: | | course, effusion, flow, flow, flow, flowing, geyser, run, run out, seethe, spill, stream | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
--Spenser.
2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
\O`ver*flow"\, v. i.
1. To run over the bounds.
2. To be superabundant; to abound. --Rogers.
\O"ver*flow`\, n.
1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
--Bacon.
2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a
superabundance. --Shak.
3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
{Overflow meeting}, a meeting constituted of the surplus or
overflow of another audience.
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| | Definition: | | Discharge of a stream outside its banks; the parallel channel carrying such discharge. |
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