Definition of overflow

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Overflow (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.

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Tule :: Tule (n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere..
Overflown :: Overflown (p. p.) of Overfl.
Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes..
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Slop :: Slop (v. t.) To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill..
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction..
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Overflow :: Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Exundation :: Exundation (n.) An overflow, or overflowing abundance..
Overflow :: Overflow (n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation..
Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..
Water Meadow :: Water meadow () A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream..
Overwell :: Overwell (v. t.) To overflow.
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