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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
William Godwin

Meaning of "overflow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERFLOW

overflow  [ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERFLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overflow is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overflow in English.

WHAT DOES OVERFLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overflow in the English dictionary

The first definition of overflow in the dictionary is to flow or run over. Other definition of overflow is to fill or be filled beyond capacity so as to spill or run over. Overflow is also usually foll by with to be filled with happiness, tears, etc.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERFLOW

PRESENT

Present
I overflow
you overflow
he/she/it overflows
we overflow
you overflow
they overflow
Present continuous
I am overflowing
you are overflowing
he/she/it is overflowing
we are overflowing
you are overflowing
they are overflowing
Present perfect
I have overflowed
you have overflowed
he/she/it has overflowed
we have overflowed
you have overflowed
they have overflowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been overflowing
you have been overflowing
he/she/it has been overflowing
we have been overflowing
you have been overflowing
they have been overflowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overflowed
you overflowed
he/she/it overflowed
we overflowed
you overflowed
they overflowed
Past continuous
I was overflowing
you were overflowing
he/she/it was overflowing
we were overflowing
you were overflowing
they were overflowing
Past perfect
I had overflowed
you had overflowed
he/she/it had overflowed
we had overflowed
you had overflowed
they had overflowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been overflowing
you had been overflowing
he/she/it had been overflowing
we had been overflowing
you had been overflowing
they had been overflowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overflow
you will overflow
he/she/it will overflow
we will overflow
you will overflow
they will overflow
Future continuous
I will be overflowing
you will be overflowing
he/she/it will be overflowing
we will be overflowing
you will be overflowing
they will be overflowing
Future perfect
I will have overflowed
you will have overflowed
he/she/it will have overflowed
we will have overflowed
you will have overflowed
they will have overflowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overflowing
you will have been overflowing
he/she/it will have been overflowing
we will have been overflowing
you will have been overflowing
they will have been overflowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overflow
you would overflow
he/she/it would overflow
we would overflow
you would overflow
they would overflow
Conditional continuous
I would be overflowing
you would be overflowing
he/she/it would be overflowing
we would be overflowing
you would be overflowing
they would be overflowing
Conditional perfect
I would have overflow
you would have overflow
he/she/it would have overflow
we would have overflow
you would have overflow
they would have overflow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overflowing
you would have been overflowing
he/she/it would have been overflowing
we would have been overflowing
you would have been overflowing
they would have been overflowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overflow
we let´s overflow
you overflow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overflow
Past participle
overflowed
Present Participle
overflowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERFLOW


airflow
ˈɛəˌfləʊ
backflow
ˈbækˌfləʊ
contraflow
ˈkɒntrəˌfləʊ
counterflow
ˈkaʊntəˌfləʊ
downflow
ˈdaʊnˌfləʊ
floe
fləʊ
flow
fləʊ
inflow
ˈɪnˌfləʊ
interflow
ˌɪntəˈfləʊ
mudflow
ˈmʌdˌfləʊ
onflow
ˈɒnˌfləʊ
outflow
ˈaʊtˌfləʊ
reflow
riːˈfləʊ
underflow
ˈʌndəˌfləʊ
upflow
ʌpˈfləʊ
workflow
ˈwɜːkˌfləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERFLOW

overfine
overfineness
overfinished
overfish
overfishing
overfit
overflew
overflight
overflood
overflourish
overflow pipe
overflowing
overflowingly
overflown
overflush
overfly
overfocus
overfocussed
overfold
overfond

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERFLOW

blood flow
cash flow
discounted cash flow
gene flow
laminar flow
lava flow
negative cash flow
rate of flow
slip flow
streamline flow
turbulent flow
viscous flow

Synonyms and antonyms of overflow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERFLOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overflow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of overflow

Translation of «overflow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERFLOW

Find out the translation of overflow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overflow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overflow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

溢出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desbordarse
570 millions of speakers

English

overflow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجاوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переполнение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

transbordar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টলমলানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déborder
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Limpahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überlaufen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あふれる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넘치다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overflow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tràn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழிதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरफ्लो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traboccare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przepełnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переповнення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preaplin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερχείλιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorloop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bräddavlopp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overflow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERFLOW»

The term «overflow» is very widely used and occupies the 4.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERFLOW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overflow

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7 QUOTES WITH «OVERFLOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overflow.
1
Sidney Blumenthal
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.
2
Monica Edwards
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.
3
William Godwin
The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
4
Benny Goodman
Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.
5
Luanne Rice
During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.
6
George Edward Woodberry
Shakespeare is, essentially, the emanation of the Renaissance. The overflow of his fame on the Continent in later years was but the sequel of the flood of the Renaissance in Western Europe. He was the child of that great movement, and marks its height as it penetrated the North with civilization.
7
William Wordsworth
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERFLOW»

Discover the use of overflow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overflow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Buffer Overflow Attacks: Detect, Exploit, Prevent
This book provides specific, real code examples on exploiting buffer overflow attacks from a hacker's perspective and defending against these attacks for the software developer. *Over half of the "SANS TOP 10 Software Vulnerabilities" are ...
Jason Deckard, 2005
2
Overflow: Increase Worship Attendance and Bear More Fruit
Worship attendance matters. Learn how to improve it, so that your congregation bears more fruit.
Lovett H. Weems, Tom Berlin, 2013
3
Overflow: Increase Worship Attendance & Bear More Fruit
At the heart of why any church exists is to glorify God and to share God as revealed in Jesus Christ; thus worship is at the center of the congregation’s life.
Lovett H. Weems Jr., Tom Berlin, 2013
4
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
“It is simply too much” is a common complaint of the modern age. This book looks at how people and institutions deal with overflow - of information, consumption or choices.
Barbara Czarniawska, Orvar Löfgren, 2012
5
A Love Worth Giving: Living in the Overflow of God's Love
Pointing out that we must love one another, Lucado issues an impassioned plea to accept God's love in order to truly, unselfishly, whole-heartedly love another.
Max Lucado, 2009
6
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Diagnosis for Commodity Software
4.0 BUFFER OVERFLOW CASE STUDY From Chapter 2, we can see the existing diagnosis attempts and vulnerability-based signature generation approaches are far from satisfaction. Researchers use their own heuristics on how a buffer ...
Jiang Zheng, 2008
7
Core CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
The text-overflow-mode property is part of a small sub-family of properties (which also includes text-overflow-ellipsis and text-overflow) that control what happens when text overflows its boundary at the end of a line, and the overflow property ...
Keith Schengili-Roberts, 2004
8
Protection Against Overflow Attacks
1 Internet threats 1 1.1.1 Threats 1 1.1.2 Buffer overflow attacks 2 1 .2 Current research against overflow attacks 4 1 .3 Our contribution and thesis organization 6 CHAPTER 2. Function Pointer Protection 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Direct buffer ...
Ge Zhu, 2006
9
Urban stormwater and combined sewer overflow impact on ...
proceedings of the national conference, Orlando, Florida November 26-28, 1979 Yousef A. Yousef, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. Storm and Combined Sewer Section, University of Central Florida. College of Engineering.
Yousef A. Yousef, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. Storm and Combined Sewer Section, University of Central Florida. College of Engineering, 1980
10
Hacking the Cable Modem: What Cable Companies Don't Want You ...
The key is to overflow an input buffer of a program, whose behavior can be predicted, in such a way that it will accept and execute the desired instructions. Services running on the target system that are well known and that listen on open ports ...
DerEngel, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERFLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overflow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Phillies, Saturday 7/25, 3:05 CT
Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Phillies, Saturday 7/25, 3:05 CT. By Al Yellon @bleedcubbieblue on Jul 25, 2015, 5:05p 308. Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports. «Bleed Cubbie Blue, Jul 15»
2
Nihonshu overflow
I sat down with SSI executive director Haruyuki Hioki, who explained that the overflow style of pouring — to the extent that it has a name — is ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
3
Writer's overflow
Hi, my name is Bob, and I'm an idea hoarder. I was forced to admit this when one of my friends called me out by showing me a few of my ... «Kenosha News, Jul 15»
4
Buried in Garbage? City Announces New Overflow Trash Bag …
In an effort to respond to concerns, the Newport Clean City program is getting the word out about a new program that should solve the overflow ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
5
APPROVED: Stonehenge overflow car park gets green light
STONEHENGE will be allowed to build a permanent overflow car park at its visitor centre after council planners acknowledged English ... «Salisbury Journal, Jul 15»
6
Temporary overflow car park resurfaced to create 62 permanent …
Temporary overflow car park resurfaced to create 62 permanent spaces. Image from stock. St Albans & Harpenden Review: Photograph of the Author. «St Albans & Harpenden Review, Jul 15»
7
State fines Pa. water authority for record-keeping, overflow
FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The state has fined a southwestern Pennsylvania water authority more than $23,000 for problems at its ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
8
Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Reds, Tuesday 7/21, 6:10 CT
Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Reds, Tuesday 7/21, 6:10 CT. By Al Yellon @bleedcubbieblue on Jul 21, 2015, 7:10p 419. David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports. «Bleed Cubbie Blue, Jul 15»
9
Hidalgo County Commissioners approve new agreement for inmate …
Hidalgo County commissioners approved a new interlocal agreement Tuesday that allows overflow of about 100 inmates to be housed at ... «Monitor, Jul 15»
10
Dams, Reservoirs in Karnataka Overflow With Rainwater
Dams, Reservoirs in Karnataka Overflow With Rainwater. Karnataka | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: July 21, 2015 14:31 IST. Ads by Google. –. Dams ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

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