Overflow Definition

ōvər-flō
overflowed, overflowing, overflows
verb
overflowed, overflowing, overflows
To flow beyond the limits; run over.
Webster's New World
To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
American Heritage
To be more than full or complete; be superabundant.
Webster's New World
To flow over or across; flood.
Webster's New World
To flow over the brim or edge of.
Webster's New World
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noun
overflows
An overflowing or being overflowed.
Webster's New World
Something that flows over; an excess.
American Heritage
The amount that overflows; surplus.
Webster's New World
An outlet for overflowing liquids.
Webster's New World
A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it.
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Other Word Forms of Overflow

Noun

Singular:
overflow
Plural:
overflows

Origin of Overflow

  • Literally corresponds to superfluous, which is from Latin, rather than Germanic.

    From Wiktionary

  • From over- +"Ž flow.

    From Wiktionary

Overflow Sentence Examples

  • The extent of overflow has thus on each occasion been less.

  • The length of this dam from rock to rock at the overflow level is about 1500 ft.

  • They are constructed not only as navigable waterways, but also to relieve the rivers from periodical overflow, and to drain the marshy districts.

  • The integer overflow problem came to our attention shortly thereafter.

  • After a long repose Ometepe also burst into renewed activity on the 19th of June 1883, when the lavas from a new crater began to overflow and continued for seven days to spread in various directions over the whole island.

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Words Starting With

OOVOVE

Words Ending With

WOWLOW

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Words Starting With O and Ending With W

Starts With O & Ends With WStarts With OV & Ends With WStarts With O & Ends With OW

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With O8 Letter Words Ending With W