OVERFLOW


Meaning of OVERFLOW in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

fill sth to the brim/to overflowing (= fill something completely )

a bucket filled to the brim with ice

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

river

Now the water ran strongly only when the river overflowed its new bed.

People there had to be evacuated when the Sacramento River overflowed its banks Saturday.

Flood warnings are still in force on the River Wye and the River Severn, and today another river overflowed its banks.

The Turtle bleeds into the slough system when the river overflows its banks.

Ademir Ferreira said 2, 500 people were forced from their houses when several rivers overflowed their banks.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Shoal Creek overflowed its banks Friday.

There were over 30 reporters, overflowing their allotted space in the courtroom

Turn off the water so the sink doesn't overflow .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Cream overflowed the edges of the shallow dish, another little twist of frightening confusion.

If we drill a borehole into the aquifer the groundwater will be under sufficient pressure to overflow from the borehole.

It is called a synonym, and will overflow from its natural home address because that is already full.

Reservoirs overflowed, and saturated levees continued to break in the San Joaquin Valley.

The ashtray in front of him overflowed on to the counter.

The hospitals are full to overflowing....

Within minutes of checking in to my room, the toilet overflowed.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A temporary parking lot will be provided to handle the overflow .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Forman took his seat in front of the overflow crowd of 300 expecting, and certainly prepared for, a going over.

Instead, home records are located using the bucket index and overflow records via the home bucket and a tag.

McDonnell and Montgomery found that higher overflow percentages than 10-25 percent led to increased retrieval times for all block sizes.

Riverside General had been built as an overflow hospital for Tewkesbury and Gloucester and surrounding areas.

Within the last year, two new restaurants dedicated to the early morning meal have opened to accommodate some of the overflow .

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