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Overflow

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe spillage resultant from overflowing.
2.NounAn outlet for escape of excess material.
3.NounExcess, superabundance
4.NounThe situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
5.VerbTo flow over the brim of (a container).
"The river overflowed the levee into the road."
6.VerbTo cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
"The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes."
7.VerbTo cause an overflow. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
8.VerbTo flow over the brim of a container.
"The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward."
9.VerbTo be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with with]
"The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases."
10.VerbTo have something in superabundance; to abound in something.
11.VerbTo (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
"Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte."
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