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Flow :: Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

Overflow :: Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.

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

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..

Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To overflow; to surcharge.

Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.

Overflow :: Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc..

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

Overwash :: Overwash (v. t.) To overflow.

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..

Submerge :: Submerge (v. t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.

Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.

Rice :: Rice (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed..

Overflowingly :: Overflowingly (adv.) In great abundance; exuberantly.

Inundation :: Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists..

Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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..

Submersion :: Submersion (n.) The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning..

Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..

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