overflow5 definitions found overflow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See Over, and Flow.] 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. [1913 Webster] The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full. [1913 Webster] Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. i. 1. To run over the bounds. [1913 Webster] 2. To be superabundant; to abound. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] Overflow \O"ver*flow`\, n. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. [1913 Webster] Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience. [1913 Webster] overflow - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) : overflow n 1: a large flow [syn: flood, overflow, outpouring] 2: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity [syn: overflow, runoff, overspill] v 1: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over] 2: overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" [syn: bubble over, overflow, spill over] overflow - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 179 Moby Thesaurus words for "overflow": abound, abundance, affluence, alluvion, alluvium, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, bristle with, bumper crop, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloud of words, congestion, copiousness, crawl with, creep with, deluge, diffuseness, diffusion, diffusiveness, drown, effusion, effusiveness, engorgement, engulf, engulfment, extravagance, exuberance, exuberate, fecundity, fertility, fill, flood, flooding, flow, fluency, foison, formlessness, full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness, glut, great abundance, great plenty, gush, gushing, hyperemia, inundate, inundation, know no bounds, landslide, lavishness, liberality, liberalness, logorrhea, lots, luxuriance, luxuriate, macrology, maximum, more than enough, much, myriad, myriads, numerousness, opulence, opulency, outpour, outpouring, overabound, overabundance, overbrim, overbrimming, overburden, overcharge, overfill, overflowing, overfreight, overfullness, overgrow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overplus, overrun, overrunning, overspill, overspread, overswarm, overweight, overwhelm, palilogy, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, pleonasm, plethora, pour, pour out, pour over, prevalence, prodigality, productiveness, productivity, profuseness, profusion, proliferate, prolificacy, prolificity, pullulate, quantities, rain, rampancy, rankness, redundancy, reiteration, reiterativeness, repetition for effect, repetitiveness, repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness, run over, run riot, satiety, saturation, scads, shower, slop, slosh, spate, spill, spill out, spill over, spillage, stream, submerge, submersion, substantiality, substantialness, superabound, superabundance, superfluity, superflux, supersaturation, surcharge, surfeit, surplus, surplusage, swamp, swarm, swarm with, sweep, talkativeness, tautology, teem, teem with, teemingness, the Deluge, the Flood, tirade, torrent, washout, wealth, well, whelm, whelming |