overflowing

Meaning of overflowing

verb
  1. To flow over the brim of (a container).
    The river overflowed the levee.
  2. To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
    The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
  3. To cause an overflow.
  4. To flow over the edge of a container.
    The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.
  5. To exceed limits or capacity.
    The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
  6. 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:

flooding, swollen

Meaning afloat:

afloat, awash, flooded, inundated

Translation of overflowing

Words that rhyme with overflowing

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