overflowing

o·ver·flow  (vr-fl)

v. o·ver·flowed, o·ver·flow·ing, o·ver·flows

v.intr.

1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks.

2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.

3. To have a boundless supply; be superabundant. See Synonyms at teem¹.

v.tr.

1. To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.

2. To spread or cover over; flood.

3. To cause to fill beyond capacity.

n. (vr-fl)

1. The act of overflowing.

2. Something that flows over; an excess.

3. An outlet or vent through which excess liquid may escape.

4. Computer Science A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

overflowing - covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" awash, flooded, inundated, afloat full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

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overflowing

adjective full, abounding, swarming, rife, plentiful, thronged, teeming, copious, bountiful, profuse, brimful, overfull, superabundant << OPPOSITE deficient