flood, overflow, outpouring
(noun) a large flow
overflow, runoff, overspill
(noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over
(verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overflow (countable and uncountable, plural overflows)
The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
Outlet for escape of excess material.
(computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past overflowed, past participle (US, proscribed) overflown or overflowed)
(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
(transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
(transitive) To cause an overflow.
(intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
(intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
(computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
(intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*flow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] Etym: [AS. oferfl. 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.
O`ver*flow", v. i.
1. To run over the bounds.
2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.
O"ver*flow`, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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