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overflow Definition

over·flow (ō′vər flō′; also, and for n.always, ō′vər flō′)

transitive verb

  1. to flow over or across; flood
  2. to flow over the brim or edge of
  3. to cause to overflow by filling beyond capacity

intransitive verb

  1. to flow beyond the limits; run over
  2. to be more than full or complete; be superabundant

noun

  1. an overflowing or being overflowed
  2. the amount that overflows; surplus
  3. an outlet for overflowing liquids

overflow Synonyms

overflow

n.

  1. The act of overflowing

    inundation, exuberance, overproduction, congestion, deluge, spillover, overabundance, engorgement, flooding, spilling over, submergence, submersion, overspreading, superabounding, overcrowding, redundancy, push, propulsion, encroachment, advance, infringement, overtopping, overwhelming, overbrimming; see also flood 1.

    Antonyms lack*, deficiency, scarcity.

  2. That which overflows

    superfluity, surplus, surplusage; see excess 1.

  3. The vent through which overflow occurs

    outlet, passage, exit; see hole 1, 2.

overflow Synonyms

overflow

v.

  1. To flow over the top, or out at a vent

    spill over, fall, run out, run over, pour out, pour over, waste, shed, cascade, spout, spout forth, jet, spurt, drain, leak, squirt, spray, shower, gush, shoot, issue, rush, irrupt, wave, surge, overtop, overbrim, brim over, lap over, bubble over, flow over; see also flow 2, spill.

  2. To flow out upon

    inundate, water, wet; see flood.

overflow Usage Examples

Object

  • ashtray: Simon sat slouching in his dressing gown, staring glassily at a cold cup of tea and an overflowing ashtray.
  • bin: Only then, seeing the cramped pavements with their overflowing bins, did I begin to feel uneasy.
  • joy: We have already seen that their hearts were filled with overflowing joy.

Converse of object

  • stack: It cannot by itself prevent stack overflows on the C stack being used by the application.

Adjective modifier

  • stack-based: We will concern ourselves only with the overflow of dynamic buffers, otherwise known as stack-based buffer overflows.
  • combined: In 1992, the former Fife Regional Council installed 6 mm screens at the town's combined sewer overflows.
  • spontaneous: Wordsworth described poetry as the ' spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions.
  • floating: So when the result exceeds 52 bits or when floating overflow occurs, the result differs from that of scalar execution.

Modifies a noun

  • weir: A typical Rochdale overflow weir above Travis Mill Lock.
  • vulnerability: For example buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which allows remote users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, exist in numerous programs.
  • incontinence: Urinary frequency and urgency may occur, as may retension ( incomplete emptying of the bladder ) overflow incontinence and urinary tract infections.
  • pipe: The tank is fitted with an overflow pipe near cover level.

Noun used with modifier

  • buffer: You will get your 1 million bytes, then nothing - apart from a buffer overflow error.
  • sewer: The purpose of the scheme is to provide additional storage capacity to the existing system to reduce foul sewer overflow.
  • integer: The integer overflow problem came to our attention shortly thereafter.
  • sewage: The Olympics site is close to the biggest sewage overflow pumping station in London.
  • weir: Available: Summer 2005 Belfast sink with weir BAK 710 Franke Professional Range standard Belfast sink with traditional weir overflow and 45mm waste.
  • arithmetic: The programmer only becomes aware of the lower level when an error such as an arithmetic overflow occurs.

Preposition: with

  • thankfulness: Our hearts overflowed with thankfulness; with tears of thankfulness we blessed the earth.
  • gratitude: We returned home overflowing with gratitude to God that we had been permitted to welcome such a minister for that church.
overflow Quotes

I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better Knowledge, sent to where I met him, down the Lachlan, years ago. He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him, Just 'on spec', addressed as follows: 'Clancy, of the Overflow'. And an answer came directed in a writing unexpected, (And I think the same was written with a thumbnail dipped in tar) 'Twas his shearing mate who wrote it, and verbatim I will quote it: 'Clancy's gone to Queensland droving, and we don't know where he are.'

—Paterson, Banjo (Andrew Barton)

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

—Wordsworth,William