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"Overflow" Definition

noun

An outlet or vent through which excess liquid may escape.
Computer Science A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it.
Something that flows over; an excess.
The act of overflowing.
A flowing over .

verb-intransitive

To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks.
To have a boundless supply; be superabundant. See Synonyms at teem1.

verb-transitive

To cause to fill beyond capacity.
To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.
To spread or cover over; flood.

verb

To cover with or as if with water .
To flow over the brim of.
To cause to overflow.
To flow over bounds.
To fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits .

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