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overflow

DEFINITIONS OF: overflow

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v flow or run over (a limit or brim)

Synonyms:
brim over, overrun, run over, well over
Types:
geyser
to overflow like a geyser
Type of:
run out, spill
flow, run or fall out and become lost

v overflow with a certain feeling

Synonyms:
bubble over, spill over
Type of:
boil, seethe
be in an agitated emotional state

n a large flow

Synonyms:
flood, outpouring
Types:
effusion
flow under pressure
Type of:
flow, stream
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

n the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

Synonyms:
overspill, runoff
Type of:
flow, flowing
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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