overflow

overflow is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
2. transitive verb. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
3. intransitive verb. To run over the bounds.
4. intransitive verb. To be superabundant; to abound.
5. noun. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
6. noun. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
7. noun. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
8. noun. a large flow

   Synonyms: flood, outpouring

9. noun. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

   Synonyms: overspill, runoff

10. verb. overflow with a certain feeling

    "The children bubbled over with joy"

    "My boss was bubbling over with anger"

11. verb. flow or run over (a limit or brim)

    Synonyms: overrun

Synonyms

flood, outpouring, overspill, runoff, overrun

Common word forms

overflows, overflowed, overflower, overflowing, overflowable

Words from these letters

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