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overflows

overflows is the plural of overflow.

overflows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overflow.

Meaning of overflow

Noun

overflow (countable and uncountable, plural overflows)

  1. The spillage resultant from overflowing.
    • 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; […]1943, Climatological Data, page 8
  2. An outlet for escape of excess material.
  3. Excess, superabundance
    • 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.1977 February 12, Don Shewey, John Glines, “Theatre Profiles Part II”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 8
  4. The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.

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Phrases with overflows

Questions about overflows

What is overflows the plural of?
Overflows is the plural of overflow.

Words near overflows in the dictionary

  1. overflowing
  2. overflowingly
  3. overflowingness
  4. overflowings
  5. overflown
  6. overflows
  7. overfluency
  8. overfluent
  9. overflush
  10. overflushed
  11. overflushes

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