English Explanatory Dictionary

overfill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
noun
  1. An instance of overfilling.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overfill.wav

Word forms

overfill overfills overfilling overfilled

Etymology

From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla.

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