overflow

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The spillage resultant from overflowing.
2. (countable, uncountable) An outlet for escape of excess material.
3. (countable, uncountable) Excess, superabundance
4. (countable, uncountable) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.

Verb

1. (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
2. (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
3. (transitive) To cause an overflow.
4. (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
5. (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
6. (ambitransitive, intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
7. (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound; to ooze.

Sinònims

flood

spill over

spill

inundate

boil over

brim over

inundation

flow over

deluge

flow

swell

pour out

surplus

overrun

pour

abundance

run over

outpouring

run

teem

overwhelm

bubble over

increase

brim

abound

burst forth

well over

submerge

surge

rise

drain

overabundance

full to the brim

be flooded

boil

torrent

be overflowing

slop

dump

empty

overspill

make overflow

spilt

excess

whelm

bulge out

bubble up

waft

exuberance

runoff

cover

upset

glut

fill

overstock

pipe

plenitude

plenty

profusion

raid

rash

run away

run-off

run out

run-out

scupper

seethe

serve

shed

shower

🚿

sink

spate

spillover

spit

splash

spread out

superabundance

surfeit

surplusage

swamp

swarm

tidal wave

be in spate

stream forth

unfounded

unsubstantial

wash away

waterspout

weep

well up

be filled

break forth

flow away

gush forth

overflow pipe

seep out

top up

be buried

fall out of

be surrounded

overbrim

water

🚰

be plentiful

to fall

flow copiously

flow over the edge

shine forth

warning pipe

OF

out-of-range

spill-out

slopover

sheet flood

water spreading

abound with

alluvion

aroused

arrive

avalanche

be

bubble

bulge

burst out

capsize

cascade

cloy

copious

disappear

drainage

drift

drop

drown

duct

ebullience

effervesce

effusion

egress

encroach

exceed

expand

exuberancy

filled

float

flooded area

flooding

flowage

flowing

flux

fluxion

freshet

full

groundless

grow

gush

high water

inflate

invade

invasion

large

moat

onslaught

opulence

outflow

outlet

overabundant

overcrowd

overflowing

Traduccions

déborder

überlaufen

débordement

rebosar

overlopen

desbordamiento

inonder

overstromen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: overflowen

Heretat de anglès antic: oferflōwan

In summary

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.