Thesaurus: overflow

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1. v. t. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
2. v. t. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
3. v. i. To run over the bounds.
4. v. i. To be superabundant; to abound.
5. n. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
6. n. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
7. n. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
8. n. a large flow
9. n. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
10. v. flow or run over (a limit or brim)
11. v. overflow with a certain feeling
12. 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. Spenser. 2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full. 1. To run over the bounds. 2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon. 2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak. 3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.