overfill
to fill too full, so as to cause overflowing.
to become too full.
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How to use overfill in a sentence
The cell eventually bursts when it becomes overfilled with water, just as would an overpressurized balloon.
Scientists discover how a cell may cheat its own death | Shi En Kim | January 16, 2022 | Popular-ScienceLike overfilled garbage cans that start reeking in the height of summer, these protein clumps create a toxic environment that eventually leads to malfunctioning neurons.
Decades-Old ‘Water Pill’ Opens New Avenues for Alzheimer’s Treatment | Shelly Fan | November 30, 2021 | Singularity HubFollowing the instructions and not overfilling your rice cooker is another way to prolong its use and avoid cooking fails and product faults.
Best rice cooker for perfect rice every time | Cemile Kavountzis | October 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf everyone knows that the red cutting board is contaminated with things that could sicken us all and overfill our groover in mere hours, no one assumes it is clean and whips up a salad on it.
On Sunday, the Recording Academy will celebrate how eight acts chose to fill — and overfill — their containers, elevating the artists’ reputations to the highest levels, then lifting one a little bit higher than the rest.
Album of the year is the Grammy that nobody deserves to win | Chris Richards | March 12, 2021 | Washington Post
The construction makes it impossible to overfill the battery, provided that the finger is held on the vent hole as directed.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteSeveral devices have been developed to make it impossible to overfill batteries.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteThe Japanese basha has two benches running lengthwise at the sides; three persons fill a bench, four overfill one.
Korean Buddhism | Frederick Starr
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