Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The spillage resultant from overflowing.

    Übergelaufene(s), Übergeflossene(s)

    переполне́ниеperepolnénije, перели́вperelív, избы́токizbýtok

  2. (countable, uncountable)An outlet for escape of excess material.

    Überlauf

  3. (countable, uncountable)Excess, superabundance

    Uberschuß

  4. (countable, uncountable)The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.

More definitions
  • the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
  • a large flow

Examples

66 sentences
  1. This river is going to overflow.

    deDer Fluss ist dabei, über die Ufer zu treten. — Tamy

  2. The beaches were overflowing with bathers.

  3. The beach was overflowing with bathers.

  4. The bathtub overflowed while she was talking on the phone.

    ruВанна переполнилась, пока она разговаривала по телефону. — caponych

  5. The toilet overflowed.

    ruТуалет затопило. — astru

    deDie Toilette war überflutet. — MisterTrouser

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
spillage:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
spillage:
outlet:
excess:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: overflows
Singularoverflow
Pluraloverflows

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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