[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

overflow \o`verflow"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. overflowed; p. pr.
    vb. n. overflowing. as. oferfl?wan. see over, and
   flow.
   1. to flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other
      fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
      1913 webster

            the northern nations overflowed all christendom.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. to flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
      1913 webster
see also:
overflowed overflowing over flow 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

overflow \o`verflow"\, v. i.
   1. to run over the bounds.
      1913 webster

   2. to be superabundant; to abound. --rogers.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

overflow \o"verflow`\, n.
   1. a flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
      --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. that which flows over; a superfluous portion; a
      superabundance. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. an outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
      1913 webster

   overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or
      overflow of another audience.
      1913 webster
see also:
overflow meeting 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

overflow
     n 1: a large flow syn: flood, outpouring
     2: the occurrence of surplus liquid as water exceeding the
        limit or capacity syn: runoff, overspill
     v 1: flow or run over a limit or brim syn: overrun, well
          over, run over, brim over
     2: overflow with a certain feeling; "the children bubbled over
        with joy"; "my boss was bubbling over with anger" syn: bubble
        over, spill over
     also: overflown
see also:
flood outpouring runoff overspill overrun well over 
run over brim over bubble over spill over overflown 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

179 moby thesaurus words for "overflow":
   abound, abundance, affluence, alluvion, alluvium,
   ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, bonanza,
   bountifulness, bountiousness, bristle with, bumper crop, cascade,
   cataclysm, cataract, cloud of words, congestion, copiousness,
   crawl with, creep with, deluge, diffuseness, diffusion,
   diffusiveness, drown, effusion, effusiveness, engorgement, engulf,
   engulfment, extravagance, exuberance, exuberate, fecundity,
   fertility, fill, flood, flooding, flow, fluency, foison,
   formlessness, full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness,
   glut, great abundance, great plenty, gush, gushing, hyperemia,
   inundate, inundation, know no bounds, landslide, lavishness,
   liberality, liberalness, logorrhea, lots, luxuriance, luxuriate,
   macrology, maximum, more than enough, much, myriad, myriads,
   numerousness, opulence, opulency, outpour, outpouring, overabound,
   overabundance, overbrim, overbrimming, overburden, overcharge,
   overfill, overflowing, overfreight, overfullness, overgrow,
   overkill, overload, overmuch, overplus, overrun, overrunning,
   overspill, overspread, overswarm, overweight, overwhelm, palilogy,
   plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, pleonasm,
   plethora, pour, pour out, pour over, prevalence, prodigality,
   productiveness, productivity, profuseness, profusion, proliferate,
   prolificacy, prolificity, pullulate, quantities, rain, rampancy,
   rankness, redundancy, reiteration, reiterativeness,
   repetition for effect, repetitiveness, repleteness, repletion,
   rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness, run over,
   run riot, satiety, saturation, scads, shower, slop, slosh, spate,
   spill, spill out, spill over, spillage, stream, submerge,
   submersion, substantiality, substantialness, superabound,
   superabundance, superfluity, superflux, supersaturation, surcharge,
   surfeit, surplus, surplusage, swamp, swarm, swarm with, sweep,
   talkativeness, tautology, teem, teem with, teemingness, the deluge,
   the flood, tirade, torrent, washout, wealth, well, whelm,
   whelming

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