overflow

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. inundate, flood; brim or well over, boil over, run over. —n. inundation, flooding, deluge, alluvion; spate, profusion, excess. See sufficiency, water, overrunning.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The act of overflowing]

Syn. inundation, exuberance, overproduction, congestion, deluge, spillover, overabundance, engorgement, flooding, spilling over, submergence, submersion, overspreading, superabounding, overcrowding, redundancy, push, propulsion, encroachment, advance, infringement, overtopping, overwhelming, overbrimming; see also flood 1 .

Ant. lack*, deficiency, scarcity.

2. [That which overflows]

Syn. superfluity, surplus, surplusage; see excess 1 .

3. [The vent through which overflow occurs]

Syn. outlet, passage, exit; see hole 1 , 2 .

v.

1. [To flow over the top, or out at a vent]

Syn. spill over, fall, run out, run over, pour out, pour over, waste, shed, cascade, spout, spout forth, jet, spurt, drain, leak, squirt, spray, shower, gush, shoot, issue, rush, irrupt, wave, surge, overtop, overbrim, brim over, lap over, bubble over, flow over; see also flow 2 , spill .

2. [To flow out upon]

Syn. inundate, water, wet; see flood .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

spill over, slop over, flood, run over, deluge, drown, swamp, brim, gush, cascade, inundate, engulf.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See FULL. 2. To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: abound, bristle, crawl, flow, pullulate, swarm, teem. See BIG, RICH. II noun 1. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, torrent. Chiefly British: spate. See BIG. 1. An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage. See EXCESS.