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Meanings of overflow in English

Portuguese
enchente
Catalan
riada
Spanish
inundación

A large flow.

        enchente
        Portuguese
        runoff

        The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.

              runoff
              Portuguese
              infestar
              Catalan
              desbordar-se

              Flow or run over (a limit or brim)

                    infestar

                    Overflow with a certain feeling.

                          Usage of overflow in English
                          1
                          Great Britain now commands capital, while China and India overflow with labor.
                          The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
                          2
                          Pool that I did not consider New Orleans in danger from overflow.
                          Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
                          3
                          The general arrangement of a leap weir overflow is shown in Fig.
                          The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns
                          4
                          An additional emergency overflow ground has also been arranged, said the statement.
                          The South African
                          5
                          The new system will enable Kassel to transfer overflow calls to Dublin.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          The crowd began to disperse and to overflow in the surrounding streets.
                          Maurice Guest
                          7
                          And from the overflow of the cistern the fountain below was fed.
                          The Aztec Treasure-House
                          8
                          They used the room for overflow when all the kids were home.
                          Coming out
                          9
                          We're looking for someone to take the overflow from us, she said.
                          Radio NZ
                          10
                          That happens sometimes, if adding a new file triggers a shelf overflow.
                          The Fuller Memorandum
                          11
                          One day, it's going to overflow, right out there to the Outskirts.
                          Boneshaker
                          12
                          Notice the enjambment, i.e., the overflow of this verse into the next.
                          Dryden's Palamon and Arcite
                          13
                          The overflow of energy lost the tendency to dissipation and became steady.
                          At Pinney's Ranch / 1898
                          14
                          I must overflow his meadow and prevent him from cutting the grass.
                          The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
                          15
                          Beside it was a curved pipe-almostsurely an overflow pipe, Roland thought.
                          Wizard and glass
                          16
                          The well of misery would fill and overflow, gently and smoothly irresistible.
                          The Forest Lovers
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                          Translations for overflow
                          Overflow through the time
                          Overflow across language varieties
                          New Zealand
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common