overfill
Plural: overfills
Verb
Verb Forms: overfilled, overfilling, overfills
- To fill something beyond its maximum capacity.
- fill beyond capacity
- "overfill the baskets"
- To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
Noun
- An instance of overfilling.
Examples
- My mind would overfill with possibilities if I considered every single seven-letter word on the board.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla.
Scrabble Score: 14
overfill: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoverfill: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
overfill: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
overfill: valid Words With Friends Word