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- DictionaryO·ver·flow
verb
- 1. (especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle: "chemicals overflowed from a storage tank"
noun
- 1. the excess or surplus not able to be accommodated by an available space: "to accommodate the overflow, five more offices have been built"
- 2. (in a bathtub or sink) an outlet for excess water.
verb. uk / ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ / us / ˌoʊ.vɚˈfloʊ / overflow verb (TOO FULL) Add to word list. C2 [ I or T ] When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much of it: The milk overflowed when I poured it into the jug. Because of heavy rain, the river may overflow its banks. [ I or T ]
2 days ago · The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough. Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow. The loch's overflow cascades into the waterfalls of a Japanese water garden. Synonyms: surplus, extra, excess, overspill More Synonyms of overflow. 5. countable noun.
1. /ˌoʊvərˈfloʊ/ flow or run over (a limit or brim) 2. /ˈoʊvərˌfloʊ/ a large flow. IPA guide. Other forms: overflowing; overflowed; overflows; overflown. To overflow is to go beyond filling something with a liquid, so that it gushes over the edges. During heavy rainstorms, rivers sometimes overflow their banks and flood the surrounding land.
[intransitive, transitive] overflow (into something) | overflow (something) to spread beyond the limits of a place or container that is too full. The meeting overflowed into the street. The chemicals overflowed from their storage tank.
to come out of a container or a place because it is too full: The river overflowed its banks after the heavy rainfall. overflow with confidence/happiness/love, etc. to have a lot of a quality or emotion. overflow. noun [ C, U ] uk. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / ˈəʊvəfləʊ / us. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio.
1. The act of overflowing. 2. Something that flows over; an excess. 3. An outlet or vent through which excess liquid may escape. 4. Computers A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
1. : an act of flowing over the edge or top of something — usually singular — often + of. The rescuers put up sandbags to stop the overflow of the river. 2. a : the amount of something that flows over the edge or top of something else — usually singular. The overflow from the river flooded the field.
