Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: overflow (overflowed,overflown)  'ow-vu(r),flow
  1. Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
    - overrun, well over, run over, brim over
     
  2. Overflow with a certain feeling
    "The children overflowed with joy";
    - bubble over, spill over
Noun: overflow  'ow-vu(r),flow
  1. A large flow
    - flood, outpouring
     
  2. The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
    - runoff, overspill

Derived forms: overflowed, overflowing, overflows, overflown

Type of: boil, flow, flowing, run out, seethe, spill, stream

Encyclopedia: Overflow

Nearest

overfamiliar
overfamiliarity
overfatigue
overfed
overfeed
overfeeding
overfill
overfish
overfit
overflight
overflow
overflow incontinence
overflowing
overfly
overfond
overfull
overfund
overgarment
overgeneralise
overgeneralize
overgenerous