Definition of overflow

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Overflow (v. i.) To run over the bounds.

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Overflow :: Overflow (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
Overflux :: Overflux (n.) Overflow; exuberance.
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
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..
Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..
Exundation :: Exundation (n.) An overflow, or overflowing abundance..
Slop :: Slop (v. t.) To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill..
Rice :: Rice (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed..
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer..
Exuberant :: Exuberant (a.) Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage..
Teem :: Teem (v. i.) To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound..
Submetallic :: Submersion (n.) The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned..
Overflowed :: Overflowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overflo.
Overflowing :: Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Generous :: Generous (a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table..
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