Overflow
Overflow , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon oferfl{not transcribed}wan. See Over, and Flow.]
1.
To flow over; to cover with, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
2.
To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Overflow , intransitive verb
1.
To run over the bounds.
2.
To be superabundant; to abound. — Rogers
Overflow , noun
1.
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. — Bacon
2.
That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. — Shakespeare
3.
An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Collocations (1)
Overflow meeting , a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.