"overfill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overfills [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*overfillen}} Middle English *overfillen, {{m|enm|oferfullen|oferfüllen}} oferfüllen, {{inh|en|ang|oferfyllan||to cram, overfill}} Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), {{prefix|en|over|fill}} over- + fill, {{cog|gml|overfullen}} Middle Low German overfullen, {{cog|de|überfüllen}} German überfüllen, {{cog|da|overfylde}} Danish overfylde, {{cog|sv|överfylla}} Swedish överfylla Head templates: {{en-noun}} overfill (plural overfills)
  1. An instance of overfilling. Translations (instance of overfilling): ylitäyttö (Finnish), preplnenie (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-overfill-en-noun-vBLRopo7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 55 45

Verb

Forms: overfills [present, singular, third-person], overfilling [participle, present], overfilled [participle, past], overfilled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*overfillen}} Middle English *overfillen, {{m|enm|oferfullen|oferfüllen}} oferfüllen, {{inh|en|ang|oferfyllan||to cram, overfill}} Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), {{prefix|en|over|fill}} over- + fill, {{cog|gml|overfullen}} Middle Low German overfullen, {{cog|de|überfüllen}} German überfüllen, {{cog|da|overfylde}} Danish overfylde, {{cog|sv|överfylla}} Swedish överfylla Head templates: {{en-verb}} overfill (third-person singular simple present overfills, present participle overfilling, simple past and past participle overfilled)
  1. To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate. Translations (to fill beyond capacity): ὑπερπίμπλημι (huperpímplēmi) (Ancient Greek), ylitäyttää (Finnish), ateigar (Galician), acugular (Galician), yfirfylla (Icelandic), preplniť (Slovak), prepĺňať (Slovak), sobrellenar (Spanish), colmar (Spanish), đầy tràn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-overfill-en-verb--dJc6xMk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 55 45

Inflected forms

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