Category:Overflow

O`ver*flow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] Etym: [as. oferfl. See over, and flow.]

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.

Overflow O`ver*flow", v. i.

1. To run over the bounds.

2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.

Overflow O"ver*flow`, n.

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.