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overflowsnounpl. of overflow 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 alluvions, baths, cataclysms, cataracts, deluges, floods, flood tides, inundations, Niagaras, spates, torrents currents, rivers, streams, tidescloudbursts, discharges, flushes, gushes, outflows, outpouringsfluxes, inflows, influxesengulfments, washoutsavalanches, blizzardscascades, waterfallsexcesses, gluts, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses droughts(also drouths) dribbles, drips, trickles the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or neededan overflow of help actually made the job more complicated bellyfuls, excesses, fat, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, overpluses, oversupplies, plethoras, pluses(also plusses), redundancies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surplusages, surpluses abundances, bounties, plenties, plentitudes, profusions, sufficienciesoverproductions, overstocks deficiencies, deficits, insufficiencies, undersupplies dearths, lacks, scarcities, wants overflowsverbpresent tense third-person singular of overflowto 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 overfills boils over, runs over, spills, wells (up)flows, flushes, gushes, pours, sluices, spouts, spurts, streamsdeluges, drowns, engulfs, floods, inundates, overwhelms, submerges, submerses, swampswashes (over)brims, cascades, slops, sloshes recedes to cover with a floodthe swollen river overflowed the surrounding land and washed several houses away deluges, drowns, engulfs, floods, gulfs, inundates, overwhelms, submerges, submerses, swamps avalanches, smothersovercomes, overrunsflows, flushes, gushes, pours, sluices, spouts, spurts, streamsdouses(also dowses), drenches, soaks, wets drains dehydrates, dries, parches to be copiously supplieda magazine that usually overflows with home-repair tips for the do-it-yourselfer abounds, brims, bristles, bulges, bursts, bustles, buzzes, crawls, hums, pullulates, swarms, teems lacks, needs, wants |