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overflowing

Syllables: over·flow·ing/ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/

overflowing noun: overflow. Also the present participle and gerund of overflow.

Noun

overflowing (plural overflowings)

  1. overflow
    • [T]hough he had, as it were, from the overflowings of his heart, given Sophia as a toast among the officers, where he thought it was impossible she should be known; yet, even there, the reader may remember how difficultly he was prevailed upon to mention her surname.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
    • the great overflowings and recedings of the waters1829, Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler, page 205

Also used as

overflowing is also the present participle and gerund of overflow.

overflowing meaning in Telugu

overflowing in Telugu

పొంగిపొర్లుతోంది, పొంగిపొర్లుతున్నది

Forms of overflowing

pluraloverflowings

Origin of overflowing

From overflow + -ing.

Words formed from overflowing

Words that rhyme with overflowing

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Questions about overflowing

What does overflowing mean?
Overflowing means overflow.
What is overflowing in Telugu?
Overflowing in Telugu is పొంగిపొర్లుతోంది, పొంగిపొర్లుతున్నది. See Overflowing meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is overflowing?
Overflowing is a noun.
How do you pronounce overflowing?
Overflowing is pronounced /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of overflowing?
The plural of overflowing is overflowings.

Words near overflowing in the dictionary

  1. overflower
  2. overflowered
  3. overflowering
  4. overflowers
  5. overfloweth
  6. overflowing
  7. overflowingly
  8. overflowingness
  9. overflowings
  10. overflown
  11. overflows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overflowing (page history and authors); overflowing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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