Overflow

Quick meaning: Overflow is a noun meaning The spillage resultant from overflowing.

Meaning

The spillage resultant from overflowing.

More Meanings

1. An outlet for escape of excess material.
2. Excess, superabundance
3. (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
4. (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
5. (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
6. (transitive) To cause an overflow.
7. (intransitive) To flow over the brim of a container.

Example Sentences

The river overflowed the levee into the road.

The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.

The shadows had begun to overflow Their stagnant puddles on the nightward side, When presently the roar of battle died

GCN: Do you have an overflow of scripts? JG: I have more than we could ever do, certainly. But there's never an overflow of quality, and quality is really hard to come by, real quality.

Word Forms

• overflows
• overflowing
• overflowed
• overflown

Synonyms for overflow

Depending on context, synonyms include overrun, overbrim, overflood, flood, outpouring, runoff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overspill, outpouring, overrun, flood, runoff, spillover.

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