overflow > define

noun

• A large flow.
  • synonyms: flood, outpouring
• The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.
  • synonyms: runoff, overspill

verb

• Flow or run over (a limit or brim.
  • synonyms: overrun, well over, run over, brim over
• Overflow with a certain feeling.
  • usage: "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"
  • synonyms: bubble over, spill over

• (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
• (v.t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
• (v.t.) To flow over; to cover woth or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
• (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
• (v.i.) To run over the bounds.
• (n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
• (v.i.) To be superabundant; to abound.