English Explanatory Dictionary

overflow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The spillage resultant from overflowing.
  2. An outlet for escape of excess material.
  3. Excess, superabundance
  4. The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
verb
  1. To flow over the brim of (a container).
  2. To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
  3. To cause an overflow.
  4. To flow over the brim of a container.
  5. To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity.
  6. To have something in superabundance; to abound in something.
  7. To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.

Pronunciation

ōʹvə-flō /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overflow (noun).wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overflow (verb).wav ōʹvər-flō /ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/ ō-və-flōʹ /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/ ō-vər-flōʹ /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ/

Word forms

overflow overflows overflowing overflowed overflown

Etymology

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.

Synonyms

overrun brim over overbrim overflood

Derived words

overflow hole overflow meeting overflow pool buffer overflow full to overflowing overflowable overflower underflow

Translations

Arabic: فَاضَ Arabic: فاض Armenian: հորդել Armenian: հեղեղվել Armenian: ողողվել Eastern Bontoc: choron Eastern Bontoc: kor-as Catalan: desbordar Catalan: vessar Chinese Mandarin: 溢出 Chinese Mandarin: 漫溢 Esperanto: elrandiĝi Finnish: ylitäyttää French: déborder Gagauz: taşmaa German: überfließen German: überlaufen Greek: ξεχειλίζω Greek: υπερεκχειλίζω Hebrew: גָּלַשׁ Hebrew: עָלָה עַל גְּדוֹתָיו Tuwali Ifugao: lakbi Tuwali Ifugao: habong Ilocano: lupias Italian: traboccare Italian: ridondare Italian: sommergere Japanese: 溢れる Lubuagan Kalinga: lumay-as Kapampangan: manyampukaki Latin: stāgnō Latin: inundō Malay: limpah atas Māori: puha Māori: ngāekieki Māori: renga Māori: ngawhā Māori: engaenga Māori: puhake Māori: tōrena Norwegian Bokmål: renne over Norwegian Nynorsk: renne over Polish: przepełniać Polish: przepełnić Portuguese: transbordar Russian: переполня́ть Russian: перелива́ться Russian: переполня́ться Russian: перепо́лниться Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis Spanish: colmar Spanish: rebalsar Spanish: desbordar Spanish: bosar (disused) Tagalog: umapaw Tagalog: apawan Thai: ล้น Turkish: taşmak Old Anatolian Turkish: طاشمق Ottoman Turkish: طاشمق Uyghur: تاشماق Venetan: ndar par sora Venetan: simar Venetan: ẑimar Venetan: limegare Vietnamese: tràn Ukrainian: переповня́тися Ukrainian: перепо́внитися
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