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Overflow

//ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The spillage resultant from overflowing. countable, uncountable

    "High crests of these overflows were: Manhattan, 23.0 feet, 8.0 above bankful, on June 16–17; Wamego, 20.8 feet, 4.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; Topeka, 26.8 feet, 5.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; […]"

  2. 2
    a large flow wordnet
  3. 3
    An outlet for escape of excess material. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity wordnet
  5. 5
    Excess, superabundance countable, uncountable

    "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."

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  1. 6
    The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To flow over the brim of (a container). transitive

    "The river overflowed the levee into the road."

  2. 2
    overflow with a certain feeling wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively. transitive

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

  4. 4
    flow or run over (a limit or brim) wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause an overflow. transitive
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  1. 6
    To flow over the brim of a container. intransitive

    "The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward."

  2. 7
    To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. intransitive

    "The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases."

  3. 8
    To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity.; To have something in superabundance; to abound in something. figuratively, intransitive

    "I see and feel that I want the first requisite — a heart overflowing with Divine love towards sinners"

  4. 9
    To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range. ambitransitive

    "Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.

Etymology 2

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.

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