"overflow" meaning in English

See overflow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/ [UK], /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overflow (verb).wav [UK] Forms: overflow [canonical], overflows [third-person, singular], overflowed [past], overflowed [past, participle], overflowing [present, participle]
enPR: ō-və-flōʹ [UK], ō-vər-flōʹ [US] Etymology: over- + flow Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something overflows, it submerges the brim of the container.
    Sense id: simple-overflow-en-verb-nz-~Gyvh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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