OVERFLOW (overflown)
Dictionary entry overview: What does overflow mean?
• OVERFLOW (noun)
The noun OVERFLOW has 2 senses:
1. a large flow
2. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
Familiarity information: OVERFLOW used as a noun is rare.
• OVERFLOW (verb)
The verb OVERFLOW has 2 senses:
1. flow or run over (a limit or brim)
2. overflow with a certain feeling
Familiarity information: OVERFLOW used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERFLOW (noun)
Meaning:
A large flow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
overflow; flood; outpouring
Hypernyms ("overflow" is a kind of...):
flow; stream (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overflow"):
effusion (flow under pressure)
Meaning:
The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
runoff; overflow; overspill
Hypernyms ("overflow" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
• OVERFLOW (verb)
Meaning:
Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
brim over; overflow; well over; run over; overrun
Hypernyms (to "overflow" is one way to...):
run out; spill (flow, run or fall out and become lost)
"Overflow" entails doing...:
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overflow"):
geyser (to overflow like a geyser)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Overflow with a certain feeling
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
bubble over; spill over; overflow
Context examples:
The children bubbled over with joy / My boss was bubbling over with anger
Hypernyms (to "overflow" is one way to...):
boil; seethe (be in an agitated emotional state)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
