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overflow
 
Noun overflow has 2 senses
  1. flood, overflow, outpouring - a large flow
    --1 is a kind of flow, stream
    --1 has particulars: effusion
    Derived form: verb overflow1
  2. overflow, runoff, overspill - the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
    --2 is a kind of flow, flowing
    Derived form: verb overflow1
Verb overflow has 2 senses
  1. overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over - flow or run over (a limit or brim)
    --1 is one way to spill, run out
    Derived forms: noun overflow2, noun overflow1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. bubble over, overflow, spill over - overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"
    --2 is one way to seethe, boil
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
overfed overfeed overfeeding overfertilizing overfill overfilled overfitting overflight overflow overflow incontinence overflowed overflowing overflows overfly overfond overfull overgarment

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