Overflow Flow Verb Overflowed Liquid Water Noun River

over·flow

I

\\ˌō-vər-ˈflō\\transitive verb
1. to cover with or as if with water :

inundate

2. to flow over the brim of
3. to cause to overflow
intransitive verb
1. to flow over bounds
2. to fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits
    the crowd overflowed into the street

II

\\ˈō-vər-ˌflō\\ noun1. a flowing over :

inundation

2. something that flows over :

surplus

3. an outlet or receptacle for surplus liquid

overflow
  overflow (v.)
  O.E. oferfleow "to flow across, flood, inundate," also "to flow over (a brim or bank)," from ofer "over" + fleow "flow." The noun is attested from 1589.

overflow
over·flow verb / 7EuvE5flEu; NAmE 7ouvEr5flou /
1. ~ (with sth) | ~ sth to be so full that the contents go over the sides
   漫出；溢出:
  ▪ [V]
   Plates overflowed with party food.
   聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
   The bath is overflowing.
   浴盆溢水了。
  (figurative) Her heart overflowed with love.
   她的心里充满了爱。
  ▪ [VN]
   The river overflowed its banks.
   河水涨出了堤岸。
2. [V] ~ (with sth) (of a place 地方) to have too many people in it
   挤满了人:
   The streets were overflowing with the crowds.
   街上到处挤满了人群。
   The hospitals are filled to overflowing (= with patients).
   医院都人满为患。
3. ~ (into sth) to spread beyond the limits of a place or container that is too full
   扩展出界；过度延伸:
  ▪ [V]
   The meeting overflowed into the street.
   集会的人群延伸到了大街上。
  ▪ [also VN] noun / 5EuvEflEu; NAmE 5ouvErflou /
1. [U, sing.] a number of people or things that do not fit into the space available
   容纳不下的人(或物):
   A new office block was built to accommodate the overflow of staff.
   新建了一座办公大楼以便容纳多出的员工。
   an overflow car park
   备用停车场
2. [U, sing.] the action of liquid flowing out of a container, etc. that is already full; the liquid that flows out
   溢出；漫出；溢出的液体:
   an overflow of water from the lake
   漫出的湖水
  (figurative) an overflow of powerful emotions
   横流的激情
3. (also 'overflow pipe) [C] a pipe that allows extra liquid to escape
   溢流管
4. [C, usually sing.] (computing 计) a fault that happens because a number or data item (for example, the result of a calculation) is too large for the computer to represent it exactly
   溢出,上溢(运算产生的数值位数或字的长度等超过存贮单元的长度)

overflow verb

overflow
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, from ofer, adverb, over + flōwan to flow
transitive verb
1. : to flow over : cover with or as if with water :
 < the flooded river overflowed the adjacent fields >
2. : to flow over the brim of
 < a river overflowing its banks >
3. : to cause to overflow
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to run or flow over bounds
  < every spring the river overflows >
 b. : to fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits
  < the crowd overflowed into the street >
  < we can overflow in pleasant weather into my small garden — Eleanor Roosevelt >
2.
 a. : to become filled to running over
  < filled his glass till it overflowed >
 b. :
  < their soil … overflows with wine and oil — H.T.Buckle >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a flowing over (as of water or other fluid) :
2.
 a. : something that flows over : ,
  < territory into which her teeming human overflow can be siphoned — T.H.Fielding >
  < this year's overflow of applications — Cecile Starr >
 b. : the peripheral drift of excess population from a protected habitat to other suitable environments
3. : an outlet or a receptacle for surplus liquid
4. :
5.
 a. : continuance of the sense or extension of a rhetorical unit from one line into the next :
 b. : continuance of meter from one line into the next so that a foot begun at the end of a line may be completed at the beginning of the next :
III. adjective
Etymology: overflow (II)
1. : constituting an overflow
 < overflow population from central New York — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
 < overflow patients lie on floors and corridors — Gertrude Samuels >
2. : so large as to exceed capacity and overflow
 < sang before overflow crowds — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
 < a program with an overflow attendance — W.F.Cunningham >

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