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Webster 1913 Edition
Overflow
Oˊver-flow′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overflowed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overflowing
.] 1.
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The northern nations
overflowed
all Christendom. Spenser.
2.
To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Oˊver-flow′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To run over the bounds.
2.
To be superabundant; to abound.
Rogers.
O′ver-flowˊ
,Noun.
1.
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
Bacon.
2.
That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
Shak.
3.
An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Overflow meeting
, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overflow
OVERFLOW
, v.t.1.
To spread over, as water; to inundate; to cover with water or other fluid.2.
To fill beyond the brim.3.
To deluge; to overwhelm; to cover, as with numbers.The northern nations overflowed all christendom.
OVERFLOW
, v.i.1.
To run over; to swell and run over the brim or banks.2.
To be abundant; to abound; to exuberate; as overflowing plenty.Definition 2024
overflow
overflow
English
Noun
overflow (plural overflows)
- The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
- Outlet for escape of excess material.
- (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
Translations
spillage
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outlet
computing: situation where a value exceeds the available range
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Derived terms
Verb
overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past and past participle overflowed)
- (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
- The river overflowed the levee.
- (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
- The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- 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 […]
- (transitive) To cause an overflow. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
- The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.
- (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
- The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
- Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.
- (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Rogers to this entry?)
Translations
to fill beyond the limits of
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to flow over the brim or edge
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computing: to exceed the available numeric range