overflow

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a large flow
noun the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
verb flow or run over (a limit or brim)

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.

"Look out for the overflow! — The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure, Rex Beach
Redound, vi, 30; iii, 8, overflow. — Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, Edmund Spenser
’Tis the overflow of agony bursting forth. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

flood, outpouring

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