Definition of overflowing

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Overflowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflo.

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Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit..
Overflowing :: Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Superfoetation :: Superflux (n.) Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing.
Exundation :: Exundation (n.) An overflow, or overflowing abundance..
Overflowingly :: Overflowingly (adv.) In great abundance; exuberantly.
Landflood :: Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
Abundance :: Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number..
Overflowing :: Overflowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflo.
Intervale :: Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7..
Inundant :: Inundant (a.) Overflowing.
Embankment :: Embankment (n.) A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc..
Scaturient :: Scaturient (a.) Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.
Overfull :: Overfull (a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.
Brimming :: Brimming (a.) Full to the brim; overflowing.
Inundation :: Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists..
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction..
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..
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