Overflow /(?)/

O·ver·flow

Overflow

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Overflowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing

  1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
    The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
  2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

Overflow

v. i.
  1. To run over the bounds.
  2. To be superabundant; to abound.

Overflow

n.
  1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
  2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
  3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.

Phrases & Compounds

Overflow meeting
a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.