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Definition overflow in British English

overflow verb

[intransitive/transitive] verb
/ˌəʊvə(r)ˈfləʊ/
1

to flow over the top of a container because it is too full

Example

The bath's overflowing!

Example

ashtrays overflowing with cigarette ends

Synonyms and related words
give off send out emit
1.1

if a river or lake overflows, it floods the land next to it

Example

The river has overflowed its banks.

Synonyms and related words
break burst cast up
2

if a place overflows with people, or if people overflow a place, there are too many of them to fit into it

Example

The crowd began to overflow the hall.

Example

hospitals overflowing with victims of the earthquake

Synonyms and related words
swarm with brim abound
3

to feel an emotion very strongly

Example

Her heart was overflowing with joy.

Synonyms and related words
feel experience give up to
Definition overflow in British English