overflow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overflow	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for overflow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overflow n a large flow Synonym(s): flood, overflow, outpouring the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity Synonym(s): overflow, runoff, overspill v flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over] overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" Synonym(s): bubble over, overflow, spill over
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. i. 1. To run over the bounds. 2. To be superabundant; to abound. --Rogers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overflow \O"verflow`\, n. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. --Bacon. 2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. --Shak. 3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. {Overflow* meeting}, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl[?]wan. See {Over}, and {Flow}.] 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. --Spenser. 2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.