Overflow Meaning and Definition


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Overflow meaning

Word: Overflow

How to pronounce: ˈəʊvəfləʊ

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. (especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.

Example sentences: "Chemicals overflowed from a storage tank"

Noun

Definitions:

1. The excess or surplus not able to be accommodated by an available space.

Example sentences: "To accommodate the overflow, five more offices have been built"

2. (in a bathtub or sink) an outlet for excess water.

Example sentences: "When we checked with the building department, the local inspector told us that the water heater is correctly installed and that the overflow pipe complies with the intent of the building code."

3. The generation of a number or some other data item that is too large for an assigned location or memory space.

Example sentences: "This may result in unexpected application behavior, accessing a defunct application, incomplete database records or buffer overflow."


Synonyms:

overwhelm

overfill

fill

run over

pour over

drown

spill

overrun

brim

weirs

spillway

flow

drain

spate

torrent

underflow

overspill

engulf

spill over

surfeit

surplus

plethora

superabundance

redundancy

swamp

flood

inundation

burst

inundate

submerge

oversupply

superfluity

overabundance


Derivations:

overflowing

overflown

overflowed


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Overflow in Other Languages...

Spanish: Desbordamiento

German: Überlauf

French: Débordement

Italian: Overflow

Turkish: Taşmak


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