Word Finder - overflowing

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To flow over the brim of (a container).

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The river overflowed the levee.

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To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.

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The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.

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To cause an overflow.

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To flow over the edge of a container.

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The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.

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To exceed limits or capacity.

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The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.

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To be superabundant; to abound.

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Overflow

Of course, Clara was handy - and overflowing with information.

The valley is wide and marshy, the river frequently overflowing its banks.

The public animal shelters are full to overflowing with homeless pets.

The water overflowing from the feeders down the sides of the beds is received into small drains formed in the furrows between the beds.

The silhouette should be smooth; there should not be any bulges from your skin on the sides of the bra, nor should the breast form be overflowing from the bra cup.

Masters of hauntingly beautiful slowcore music - minimal, yet overflowing with charm.

The shelves aren't exactly overflowing with aromatherapy-based skin care products, but these items are quickly becoming more widely available online and at select specialty boutiques.

The pan proper is surmounted by a great cone or hopper called a curb, to provide for the foaming up of the boiling mass and to prevent loss from overflowing.

In a very few months' time the chapel was full to overflowing.

Compound gulfs are formed seawards by fracture and landwards by the overflowing of depressed land, e.g.

By degrees the bed rises, and the people build embankments to prevent the river from overflowing.

God exists as an eternal personality, and the creation is an overflowing of the divine love, which was unable to contain itself.

It smelled like the sewer system was overflowing.

I filled five dustbins to overflowing with good food.

Overflowing with information on subjects from cosmetic brands to makeup application tips.

Any shop that carries children's clothes is overflowing with color.

Flood insurance may be a separate policy for both floods caused by the water outdoors and indoors (such as a pipe bursting or a tub overflowing).

Your breasts are overflowing your bra or not completely filling the cups.

The first story of the building was overflowing with vamps.

An English garden with overflowing herbaceous borders adjoins the pub and boasts an abundance of outdoor seating.

A half-empty bottle of Scotch whiskey stood between them on the bar, next to an overflowing ashtray.

He had been using a tractor and slurry vacuum tanker to empty a blocked and overflowing septic tank.

Fevers and agues are prevalent owing to bad drainage and the overflowing of the river; and the death-rate is higher than the birth-rate.

The prosperity of Lower Egypt, and almost the very subsistence of its inhabitants, depended upon the annual overflowing of the Nile; and they looked for it with the utmost anxiety.

Eventually we ended up in a tenement block where we found two youngish chaps sitting in a small room positively overflowing with cameras.

Overflowing Landfills-Obviously, all of those disposable diapers have to go somewhere, so landfills sometimes may seem overrun with disposables.

There are no holes in the bottom of the cup so you don't have to worry about drainage; only over-watering and overflowing, which could be harmful to the plant or flower.

Even just recycling once helps keep the landfills from overflowing.

The Morning Room - sitting room overflowing with Spanish antiques and Flemish tapestries.

A tree lovingly decorated with handmade ornaments by the kids and overflowing with ornaments gathered over decades of shared Christmases is utterly charming and works in any home.

The digital camera market is overflowing with options for everyone, from the casual snapper to the serious, dedicated professional.

For those with overflowing cupboards, get rid of pans you don't use and get back to the basics!

With the overflowing demand teenage shoppers have for the latest styles comes an equally abundant supply of teen-oriented designers.

My first thought was that the sanctuary was full to overflowing and Daddy feared I'd be nervous.

She must be overjoyed, given the fact that her home is currently overflowing with boys (14, to be exact-the oldest is 20 and no longer lives with them).

The adorable white basket is covered in black paw prints and is overflowing with goodies.

It is very important in today's overflowing world of non-biodegradable plastics to find another way to dispose of dog stools, so consider trying the tips listed above.

Their runners will fill in the gaps and keep the strawberry bed overflowing with new plants!

Plus size women often overflow their cups, which results in the breasts spilling out at the bottom, overflowing under the arm or billowing over the top of the cups.

Be sure to allow some room around the coat for the air to circulate; do not it cram into an overflowing closet.

One of the coolest and most Zen like water fountains is an overflowing urn also known as a bubbling ceramic or ceramic bubbler fountain.

Use the proper candle sizes for each candle holder to avoid overflowing melted wax that may drip and make floors slippery or injure guests.

Relatively simple, yet still overflowing with uniqueness, Rachel is a petite purse that's just made for carrying any day, everyday.

A woman may not always choose to carry a wallet inside her purse, if only because she finds it a bulky addition to an already overflowing bag.

All it takes is a little research prior to the special day, and your mailbox and inbox will be overflowing with great offers just for turning one year older.

The city is overflowing with architecture, art, and monuments for visitors to explore.

File cabinets stuffed with old, overflowing files that are not accessed often is a waste of valuable storage space.

Gulfs may be classified according to their origin as due to fractures of the crust or overflowing of depressed lands.

Thus a fall in the gradient at any point in the course of a stream; any snag, projection or dam, impeding the current; the reduced velocity caused by the overflowing of streams in flood and the dissipation of their energy where they enter a lake or the sea, are all contributing causes to alluviation, or the deposition of streamborne sediment.

The warping which is practised in England is almost exclusively confined to the overflowing of level ground within tide mark, and is conducted mostly within the districts commanded by estuaries or tidal rivers.