Overflowing

//ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    overflow

    "[T]hough he had, as it were, from the overflowings of his heart, given Sophia as a toast among the officers, where he thought it was impossible she should be known; yet, even there, the reader may remember how difficultly he was prevailed upon to mention her surname."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overflow form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    covered with water wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
fullaboundingabundantaffluentafloatalive

Example

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"Modern society is overflowing with all sorts of information."

Etymology

From overflow + -ing

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full to overflowingto overflowing

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