Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overflowing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overflowing \O`ver*flow"ing\, n.
An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full
mind on anybody who would start a subject. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See {Over}, and
{Flow}.]
1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other
fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
--Spenser.
2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overflowing
adj 1: overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" [syn: {flooding},
{in flood(p)}, {swollen}]
2: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";
"the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded
bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
[syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {flooded}, {inundated}]
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