Definition of overflow

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Overflow (n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation..

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Exuberant :: Exuberant (a.) Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage..
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..
Generous :: Generous (a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table..
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over..
Overflowing :: Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes..
Flooding :: Flooding (n.) The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.
Tule :: Tule (n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..
Scaturient :: Scaturient (a.) Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.
Overflow :: Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.
Redound :: Redound (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
Exundate :: Exundate (v. i.) To overflow; to inundate.
Submersion :: Submersion (n.) The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning..
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Superfoetation :: Superflux (n.) Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing.
Overflow :: Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
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