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overflow

noun

1 overflow

A large flow.

synonyms: flood, outpouring.

Roget 641: redundancy, redundance; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation; nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion ... show more

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

Dutch: overstroming, overvloeiing, watervloed, zondvloed
Polish: zalanie

2 overflow

The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.

synonyms: overspill, runoff.

Dutch: afwatering

verb

1 overflow

Flow or run over (a limit or brim).

synonyms: brim over, overrun, run over, well over.

Roget 348: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, ... show more

Roget 641: superabound, overabound; know no bounds, swarm; meet one at every turn; creep with, crawl with, bristle with; overflow; run over, flow over, well over, brim over; run riot; ... show more

Dutch: overrompelen, overlopen, overstromen, overvloeien

2 overflow

Overflow with a certain feeling.

synonyms: bubble over, spill over.

Dutch: blaken, overlopen, overstromen, overvloeien


Moby thesaurus: abound, abundance, affluence, alluvion, alluvium, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, bristle with, bumper crop, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloud of words, congestion, copiousness ... show more.

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