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overflow
[oh-ver-floh, oh-ver-floh]
verb (used without object)
to flow or run over, as rivers or water.
After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
to have the contents flowing over or spilling, as an overfull container.
Stop pouring or your glass is going to overflow.
to pass from one place or part to another as if flowing from an overfull space.
The population overflowed into the adjoining territory.
to be filled or supplied with in great measure.
a heart overflowing with gratitude; a region overflowing with orchards and vineyards.
verb (used with object)
to flow over; flood; inundate.
The river overflowed several farms.
to flow over or beyond (the brim, banks, borders, etc.).
to cause to overflow.
to flow over the edge or brim of (a receptacle, container, etc.).
to fill to the point of running over.
noun
an overflowing.
the annual overflow of the Nile.
something that flows or runs over.
to carry off the overflow from a fountain.
a portion crowded out of an overfilled place.
to house the overflow of the museum's collection in another building.
an excess or superabundance.
an overflow of applicants for the job.
an outlet or receptacle for excess liquid.
The tank is equipped with an overflow.
overflow
verb
to flow or run over (a limit, brim, bank, etc)
to fill or be filled beyond capacity so as to spill or run over
to be filled with happiness, tears, etc
(tr) to spread or cover over; flood or inundate
noun
overflowing matter, esp liquid
any outlet that enables surplus liquid to be discharged or drained off, esp one just below the top of a tank or cistern
the amount by which a limit, capacity, etc, is exceeded
computing a condition that occurs when numeric operations produce results too large to store in the memory space assigned to it
Other Word Forms
- overflowable adjective
- overflowingly adverb
- unoverflowing adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
An evocatively realized setting such as Ms. Bigelow’s Washington nerve center can be ample reason to make a movie worth seeing, but three others that were overflowing with local atmosphere offered far more than that.
Goodwill, long known for its dingy thrift stores with dark, crammed aisles and overflowing bins, is getting more glamorous.
Trier’s film overflows with the kind of genuinely impactful potential that we go to the movies for, the type that leaves us feeling understood more than it makes us feel good.
The shop was tiny, but like all the best bookstores it gave the distinct impression that whatever book one needed was somewhere within its overflowing shelves.
The screams of crying fans overflowed from Dodger Stadium into the hills of Elysian Park.
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