To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. Spenser.
To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
To run over the bounds.
To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.
That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.
An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.