Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
- 2transitive verb
To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
- 3intransitive verb
To run over the bounds.
- 4intransitive verb
To be superabundant; to abound.
- 5noun
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
- 6noun
That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
- 7noun
An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
- 8noun
a large flow
Synonyms
- 9noun
the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- 10verb
overflow with a certain feeling
"The children bubbled over with joy"
"My boss was bubbling over with anger"
- 11verb
flow or run over (a limit or brim)
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