Definition of overflow

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Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..

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Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Submetallic :: Submersion (n.) The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned..
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..
Overflow :: Overflow (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
Tear :: Tear (n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids..
Inundant :: Inundant (a.) Overflowing.
Merry :: Merry (superl.) Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
Flow :: Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Overbrim :: Overbrim (v. i.) To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.
Abundance :: Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number..
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer..
Exundate :: Exundate (v. i.) To overflow; to inundate.
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over..
Inundation :: Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists..
Flooding :: Flooding (n.) The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.
Salt :: Salt (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..
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