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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.
The meaning of OVERFLOW is to cover with or as if with water : inundate. How to use overflow in a sentence.
OVERFLOW definition: 1. When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much…. Learn more.
OVERFLOW meaning: 1. When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much…. Learn more.
to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage. to have the contents flowing over or spilling, as an overfull container: Stop pouring or your glass is going to overflow.
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.
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.
The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough.
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.
[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.
Overflow definition: to flow or run over, as rivers or water. See examples of OVERFLOW used in a sentence.
