Overflow

Definition of Overflow

O`ver`flow´

v. t.

To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

[imp. & p. p. Overflowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.]

The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.

- Spenser.

To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

v. i.

To run over the bounds.

To be superabundant; to abound.

A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.

That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.

An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.

Overflow meeting
a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.

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