Overflowing

verb

Word Frequency: 1.4

Definitions

1.verbTo flow over the brim of (a container).

"The river overflowed the levee."

2.verbTo cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.

"The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes."

3.verbTo cause an overflow.

4.verbTo flow over the edge of a container.

"The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward."

5.verbTo exceed limits or capacity.

"The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases."

6.verbTo be superabundant; to abound.

7.nounOverflow

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