Definition of overflow

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

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Brimful :: Brimful (a.) Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
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..
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To overflow; to surcharge.
Overflow :: Overflow (v. i.) To run over the bounds.
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..
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes..
Exuberance :: Exuberance (n.) The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage..
Overflow :: Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Slop :: Slop (v. t.) To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill..
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..
Generous :: Generous (a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table..
Overflowing :: Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Exundation :: Exundation (n.) An overflow, or overflowing abundance..
Inundant :: Inundant (a.) Overflowing.
Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.
Overflow :: Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over..
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