The verb is pronounced /oʊvə(r)floʊ/. The noun is pronounced /oʊvə(r)floʊ/.
( overflowed)
1.
If a liquid or a river overflows , it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in.
Pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow...
Rivers and streams have overflowed their banks in countless places.
VERB : no passive , V , V n
2.
If a place or container is overflowing with people or things, it is too full of them.
The great hall was overflowing with people...
Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing...
VERB : usu cont , V with n , V
3.
The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough.
Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow...
N-COUNT : usu the N in sing
4.
An overflow is a hole or pipe through which liquid can flow out of a container when it gets too full.
N-COUNT
5.
If a place or container is filled to overflowing , it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
The kitchen garden was full to overflowing with fresh vegetables...
PHRASE : adj PHR , PHR after v