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Word entry · 8 letters

overflow

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"Flood"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted efloorvwStarts with OEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To spill over the edge because something is too full.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • High crests of these overflows were: Manhattan, 23.0 feet, 8.0 above bankful, on June 16–17; Wamego, 20.8 feet, 4.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; Topeka, 26.8 feet, 5.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; […]
  • GCN: Do you have an overflow of scripts? JG: I have more than we could ever do, certainly. But there's never an overflow of quality, and quality is really hard to come by, real quality.
  • The river overflowed the levee into the road.

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