overflow
overflow is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- after
- before
- beholden
- benediction
- bless
- fall
- feel
- feeling
- forget
- gift
- give
- giving
- good
- grace
- gramercy
- grateful
- gratitude
- heap
- horse
- indebted
- lie
- look
- lot
- lucky
- many
- meat
- mouth
- much
- never
- not
- obligation
- offer
- offering
- paean
- praise
- recognition
- render
- requital
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is overflow.
- What is to flow over the brim of; to fill more than full called?
- What is a flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon called?
- What is that which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak called?
- What is an outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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