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Adjective: overflowing  ,ow-vu(r)'flow-ing
  1. Covered with water
    "the main deck was overflowing"; "an overflowing tub";
    - afloat, awash, flooded, inundated
Verb: overflow (overflowed,overflown)  'ow-vu(r),flow
  1. Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
    - overrun, well over, run over, brim over
     
  2. Overflow with a certain feeling
    "The children overflowed with joy";
    - bubble over, spill over

See also: full

Type of: boil, run out, seethe, spill

Encyclopedia: Overflow