overflow

Plural: overflows

Noun

• a large flow
• the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
• The spillage resultant from overflowing.
• An outlet for escape of excess material.
• Excess, superabundance
• The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.

Verb

Verb Forms: overflowed, overflown, overflowing, overflows

• To flow over the brim or designated limits.
• flow or run over (a limit or brim)
• overflow with a certain feeling
• To flow over the brim of (a container).
• To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
• To cause an overflow.
• To flow over the edge of a container.
• To exceed limits or capacity.
• To exceed limits or capacity.
• To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
• To be superabundant; to abound; to ooze.

Examples

• Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.
• My excitement would overflow if I landed a bingo on a triple-word score.
• The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
• The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
• The river overflowed the levee into the road.
• The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.

Synonyms

brim over, bubble over, flood, outpouring, overrun, overspill, run over, runoff, spill over, well over

Anagrams of overflow