Overflow
[əʊvə'fləʊ] or [,ovɚ'flo]
Definition
(noun.) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.
(verb.) flow or run over (a limit or brim).
Editor: Vlad--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
(v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
(v. i.) To run over the bounds.
(v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.
(n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
(n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
(n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Inundate, deluge, flood, flow over.[2]. Overspread, overrun.
v. n. Overrun, run over.
n. [1]. Inundation.[2]. Superabundance, exuberance, luxuriance, profusion, excess.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Redundancy, exuberance, superabundance, deluge, inundation
ANT:Deficiency, exhaustion, subsidence
Editor: Tracy
Definition
v.t. to flow over: to flood: to overwhelm: to cover as with numbers.—v.i. to run over: to abound.—n. O′verflow a flowing over: that which flows over: a pipe or channel for spare water &c.: an inundation: superabundance: abundance: copiousness.—adj. flowing over: over full: abundant.—adj. Overflow′ing exuberant very abundant.—adv. Overflow′ingly.—Overflow meeting a supplementary meeting of those unable to find room in the main meeting.
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Examples
- Every housewife knows that if a kettle is filled with cold water to begin with, there will be an overflow as soon as the water becomes heated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This had caused an overflow into the intake pipe, which in turn interfere d with the action of a valve. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For answer, she let the tears on her lids overflow and run slowly downward. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Eight hundred thousand pounds, therefore, must overflow, that sum being over and above what can be employed in the circulation of the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And in the unwonted overflow of his feelings, he left a cousinly kiss upon her cheek. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Whatever, therefore, is poured into it beyond this sum, cannot run into it, but must overflow. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her profile did not stir, but he saw a tear overflow on her lashes and hang in a mesh of her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Some miles from New Carthage the levee to Bayou Vidal was broken in several places, overflowing the roads for the distance of two miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After this the remaining pap of plaster of Paris is added until the frame is full to overflowing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Let us not for a moment forget our object and our hope; and they will form a resistless mound to stop the overflowing of our regret for trifles. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And I was that nearest person--brimful of comfort, charged to overflowing with seasonable and reviving words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- There were our Mohammedan servants, a Latin monk, two Armenians and a Jew in our cortege, and all alike gazed with overflowing eyes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I took my aunt in my arms--my overflowing tenderness was not to be satisfied, now, with anything less than an embrace. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Gutters and pipes had burst, drains had overflowed, and streets were under water. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I told her that my heart overflowed with love for her, that it was natural love which nothing in the past had changed or could change. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yet my heart overflowed with kindness, and the love of virtue. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The river was very high, the banks being overflowed except where the bluffs come to the water's edge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Even spies could not get near him, on account of the undergrowth and overflowed lands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The bayous were soon filled and much of the country was overflowed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tom's whole soul overflowed with compassion and sympathy for the poor wretches by whom he was surrounded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Moreover, the pedagogic spirit overflows in the human mind; most people like telling other people not to. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How could you do otherwise, being totally destitute of the sympathies with which he overflows! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Moll