Definition of "overflow"

overflow

/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural overflows
1. The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
2. Outlet for escape of excess material.
3. (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
verb
third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past overflowed, past participle overflowed or (US, proscribed) overflown
1. (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
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  Theſe are they that went ouer Ioꝛden in the firſt moneth, when it had ouerflowen all his* bankes, and they put to flight all them of the valleis, both toward the Eaſt, and toward the Weſt.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Chronicles 12:15
  Locally heavy rains on the 21st caused more than 2 feet of overflow on Salt Creek at Ashland, Nebr., on the 22d. Some county roads were inundated. Mill Creek which flows into the Platte River at Louisville, Nebr., overflowed its banks from the heavy rain.
  1965 January 1, “General Summary of River and Flood Conditions-Continued”, in Climatological Data: National Summary‎, volume 16, number 1, Asheville, NC: United States Weather Bureau, page 265
2. (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
  Quotations
  So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water […]
  1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
3. (transitive) To cause an overflow.
4. (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
5. (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
  1. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
6. (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
  Quotations
  I see and feel that I want the first requisite — a heart overflowing with Divine love towards sinners
  1857, Eustace Rogers Conder, Josiah Conder: A Memoir

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