overflown

Verb

overfly (third-person singular simple present overflies, present participle overflying, simple past overflew, past participle overflown)

1. To fly over something.
   • My family planned to take pictures from the ground as I overflew them in the hot air balloon.
2. To fly too far past something.
   • The small size of the airstrip meant that pilots would frequently overfly and have to circle back.

Verb

overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past overflowed, past participle overflowed or (sometimes proscribed) overflown)

1. (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
   • The river overflowed the levee into the road.

   Synonyms:

   overrun

2. (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
   • The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
3. (transitive) To cause an overflow.
4. (intransitive) To flow over the brim of a container.
   • The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.

   Synonyms:

   brim over, overbrim, overflood

5. (intransitive) To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity.
   • The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.

   Synonyms:

   brim over, overbrim

   1. (figuratively, intransitive) To have something in superabundance; to abound in something.
      • I see and feel that I want the first requisite — a heart overflowing with Divine love towards sinners1857, Eustace Rogers Conder, Josiah Conder: A Memoir

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