overflow

1. (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).Examples: "The river overflowed the levee into the road."; "Theſe are they that went ouer Ioꝛden in the firſt moneth, when it had ouerflowen all his* bankes, and they put to flight all them of the valleis, both toward the Eaſt, and toward the Weſt."; "Locally heavy rains on the 21st caused more than 2 feet of overflow on Salt Creek at Ashland, Nebr., on the 22d. Some county roads were inundated. Mill Creek which flows into the Platte River at Louisville, Nebr., overflowed its banks from the heavy rain."transitive

2. (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.Examples: "The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes."; "So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water […]"transitive

3. (transitive) To cause an overflow.transitive

4. (intransitive) To flow over the brim of a container.Examples: "The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward."Synonyms: brim over, overbrim, overfloodintransitive

5. (intransitive) To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. [with with]Examples: "The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases."Synonyms: brim over, overbrimintransitive

6. (intransitive) To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. [with with]Examples: "I see and feel that I want the first requisite — a heart overflowing with Divine love towards sinners"Synonyms: brim over, overbrimfigurativelyintransitive