OVERFLOWINGS

Noun

overflowings

plural of overflowing

Source: Wiktionary


OVERFLOWING

O`ver*flow"ing, n.

Definition: An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness. He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. Macaulay.

OVERFLOW

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



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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