Synonym: cascade, flood, inundate, run over, spill. Similar words: blow over, butterfly, over and over, superfluity, superfluous, over and over again, flow, flower. Meaning: [‚əʊvə(r)'flaɪ] 
n. 1. a large flow 2. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity. v. 1. flow or run over (a limit or brim) 2. overflow with a certain feeling.
n. 1. a large flow 2. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity. v. 1. flow or run over (a limit or brim) 2. overflow with a certain feeling. 
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1 Put a bowl underneath to catch the overflow.
2 The overflow will be accommodated in another hotel.
3 The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.
4 The overflow from the bath is blocked.
5 We must harness the rivers which overflow annually.
6 Stop the overflow from the cistern.
7 The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.
8 We can't cope with this overflow of patients from the other hospitals.
9 There is an overflow of cheap ballpoint pens in the market.
10 Because of heavy rain, the river may overflow its banks.
11 I put a bucket underneath to catch the overflow from the water tank.
12 I found a smaller hall for the overflow from the main meeting.
13 Turn off the water so the sink doesn't overflow.
14 This has not prevented overflow after heavy rainfall,[www.Sentencedict.com] however.
15 Soon it would overflow with thoughts.
16 Riverside General had been built as an overflow hospital for Tewkesbury and Gloucester and surrounding areas.
17 Fig. 5.7 Index sequential files - overflow block Random access offers another way of organising data on disk for quick access.
18 McDonnell and Montgomery found that higher overflow percentages than 10-25 percent led to increased retrieval times for all block sizes.
19 There is a moment in every battle at which the least maneuver is decisive and gives superiority as one drop of water causes overflow. 
20 Pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow.
21 Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow.
22 A new office block was built to accommodate the overflow of staff.
23 Within the last year, two new restaurants dedicated to the early morning meal have opened to accommodate some of the overflow.
24 It's far better to ruin a feather pillow than let yourself overflow in violent behaviour.
25 If you devote yourself to God, then He in turn will continually stay with you, as an eternal candle flame stays with a wick, feeding off the overflow of wax; yet reshaping into something better. Anthony Liccione
26 The results tabulated here show that, for low packing densities, the most effective technique is generally chained overflow.
27 The average wait before this is located would be half a revolution if the whole overflow track were full.
28 The action follows incidents in which severe wet weather caused the local sewage system to overflow into gardens in the town.
29 Later I discovered she was only pointing to an overflow culvert.
30 Instead, home records are located using the bucket index and overflow records via the home bucket and a tag.
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