Definition of overflow

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Overflow (v. i.) To run over the bounds.

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Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Salt :: Salt (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass..
Overflow :: Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.
Submetallic :: Submersion (n.) The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned..
Exundate :: Exundate (v. i.) To overflow; to inundate.
Overflowing :: Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.
Overflowed :: Overflowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overflo.
Flow :: Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To overflow; to surcharge.
Tule :: Tule (n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere..
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..
Brimful :: Brimful (a.) Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.
Intervale :: Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
Tear :: Tear (n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids..
Fen :: Fen (n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh..
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