Definition of overflow

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Overflow (v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

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Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit..
Merry :: Merry (superl.) Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
Overflown :: Overflown (p. p.) of Overfl.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly..
Exuberant :: Exuberant (a.) Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction..
Overwell :: Overwell (v. t.) To overflow.
Thwack :: Thwack (v. t.) To fill to overflow.
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..
Overfull :: Overfull (a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.
Overflowingly :: Overflowingly (adv.) In great abundance; exuberantly.
Brimful :: Brimful (a.) Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.
Overflowing :: Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes..
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over..
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
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