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overflownoun a great flow of water or of something that overwhelmsa great overflow of water from the heavy rains swept mud and silt down onto the highway alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, spate, torrent current, river, stream, tidecloudburst, discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouringflux, inflow, influxengulfment, washoutavalanche, blizzardcascade, waterfallexcess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus drought(also drouth) dribble, drip, trickle the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or neededan overflow of help actually made the job more complicated bellyful, excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiencyoverproduction, overstock deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply dearth, lack, scarcity, want to flow over the brim or top ofwhile the wine steward stood there gawking at the nearby celebrity, my expensive champagne was overflowing its glass and pouring onto our table overfill boil over, run over, spill, well (up)flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, streamdeluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swampwash (over)brim, cascade, slop, slosh recede to cover with a floodthe swollen river overflowed the surrounding land and washed several houses away deluge, drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp avalanche, smotherovercome, overrunflow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, streamdouse(also dowse), drench, soak, wet drain dehydrate, dry, parch to be copiously supplieda magazine that usually overflows with home-repair tips for the do-it-yourselfer abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz, crawl, hum, pullulate, swarm, teem lack, need, want before the 12th century |