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Overflowing

🔄 Synonyms of "Overflowing"

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WordDefinition
inundatedflooded
highnounPhysically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
fullnounContaining the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
awashnounWashed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
floodedFilled with water from rain or rivers.
afloatIn or into a state of floating.
overflownoun(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
floodingnounAn act of flooding; a flood or gush.
swollenProtuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
runoffnounThat portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
overspillnounTo spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
in flood

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fullnounContaining the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
highnounPhysically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
overspillnounTo spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
swollenProtuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
afloatIn or into a state of floating.
inundatedflooded
floodedFilled with water from rain or rivers.
floodingnounAn act of flooding; a flood or gush.
awashnounWashed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
runoffnounThat portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
in flood
burstingnounSo full (with something) as almost to erupt.
snappingnounThe sound or action of a snap.
flowingnounMoving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
crackingnoun(colloquial) Great; excellent.
overfullnounexcessively filled; full to overflowing
chock-fullAlternative spelling of chock full. [(informal) Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.]
packedFilled with a large number or large quantity of something.
crammedverb(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
brimmingFull to the brim.

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