overflowing
Meaning of overflowing
verb
- To flow over the brim of (a container).
The river overflowed the levee.
- To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
- To cause an overflow.
- To flow over the edge of a container.
The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.
- To exceed limits or capacity.
The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
- To be superabundant; to abound.
noun
Overflow
Information about overflowing
- The plural form of overflowing is: overflowings.
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Hyphenation of overflowing
over-flow-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- overflowing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
overflowing synonyms
Meaning flooding:
Meaning afloat:
afloat, awash, flooded, inundated
Translation of overflowing
- French: alluvion
- Italian: alluvione, inondazione
- Portuguese: aluvião
- German: Überschwemmung
- Spanish: aluvión, inundación
Words that rhyme with overflowing
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