overflow
verb (used without object)
to flow or run over, as rivers or water.
has overflown
-
present perfectof overflow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
-
present perfectof overfly (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Its military this month deployed tanks to the Tajik border with Afghanistan and has overflown the region with ground-attack jets, ostensibly on training exercises.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
"The river in many places has overflown its banks."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 by Various
London, a muddy stream, has overflown its banks and spread on that side far into regions where birds and beasts of the chase flew or ran in the poet's day.
From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by A. (Amédée) Forestier
"You and Maud must get up directly, the river has overflown, and the house is surrounded by water; make haste or it will be too late, it has already reached the landing."
From Leslie Ross: or, Fond of a Lark by Charles Bruce
As, therefore, a river does not fly over its banks, but flows over them, we should say of it that it has overflowed, and not that it has overflown.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
