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Overflow :: Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.

Exundation :: Exundation (n.) An overflow, or overflowing abundance..

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..

Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.

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..

Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit..

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..

Landflood :: Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

Overwell :: Overwell (v. t.) To overflow.

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..

Overwash :: Overwash (v. t.) To overflow.

Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

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..

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..

Water :: Water (v. t.) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers..

Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.

Overfull :: Overfull (a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.

Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..

Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.

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