Definition of overflow

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Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..

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Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction..
Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over..
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town..
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
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..
Fen :: Fen (n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh..
Submerge :: Submerge (v. t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Overflux :: Overflux (n.) Overflow; exuberance.
Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
Exuberance :: Exuberance (n.) The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage..
Overflow :: Overflow (n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly..
Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..
Overflowing :: Overflowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflo.
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