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Webster 1913 Edition


Overflowing

Oˊver-flow′ing

,
Noun.
An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
He was ready to bestow the
overflowings
of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overflowing

OVERFLOWING

,
ppr.
Spreading over, as a fluid; inundating; running over the brim or banks.

OVERFLOWING

,
Adj.
Abundant; copious; exuberant.

OVERFLOWING

,
Noun.
Exuberance; copiousness.

Definition 2024


overflowing

overflowing

English

Noun

overflowing (plural overflowings)

  1. overflow
    • 1829, Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler (page 205)
      the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

Verb

overflowing

  1. present participle of overflow