What does "overflow" mean?
Overflow: To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Additional senses
- 2.To run over the bounds.
- 3.To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.
- 4.A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.
- 5.That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.
- 6.An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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