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- [verb oh-ver-floh; noun oh-ver-floh]
- /verb ˌoʊ vərˈfloʊ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌfloʊ/
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ/
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- [verb oh-ver-floh; noun oh-ver-floh]
- /verb ˌoʊ vərˈfloʊ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌfloʊ/
Definitions of overflowing word
- verb without object overflowing to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage. 1
- verb without object overflowing to have the contents flowing over or spilling, as an overfull container: Stop pouring or your glass is going to overflow. 1
- verb without object overflowing to pass from one place or part to another as if flowing from an overfull space: The population overflowed into the adjoining territory. 1
- verb without object overflowing to be filled or supplied with in great measure: a heart overflowing with gratitude; a region overflowing with orchards and vineyards. 1
- verb with object overflowing to flow over; flood; inundate: The river overflowed several farms. 1
- verb with object overflowing to flow over or beyond (the brim, banks, borders, etc.). 1
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Origin of overflowing
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English overflowen, Old English oferflōwan. See over-, flow
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Parts of speech for Overflowing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
overflowing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
overflowing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for overflowing
adj overflowing
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- awash — If the ground or a floor is awash, it is covered in water, often because of heavy rain or as the result of an accident.
- brimful — Someone who is brimful of an emotion or quality feels or seems full of it. An object or place that is brimful of something is full of it.
- bumper — Bumpers are bars at the front and back of a vehicle which protect it if it bumps into something.
noun overflowing
adjective overflowing
- exuberant — Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.
- filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- gushing — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
Antonyms for overflowing
adjective overflowing
- empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
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