overflow
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to have a very strong feeling that you cannot hide.
v.to be filled with a particular emotion or quality to the point of it being visible or overwhelming.
Simple“Her heart overflowed with joy when she saw her family at the airport.”
In context“The speaker's voice overflowed with emotion as he recounted the sacrifices made by the community during the crisis.”
Synonymsteembrim - 02 C1 Advanced
v.to try to store a number that is too big for a computer's memory.
v.to exceed the maximum capacity of a numeric register or storage buffer. Often used in the context of programming errors.
Simple“The program crashed because the calculation caused the variable to overflow.”
In context“The legacy system failed to handle the high-precision data, causing the integer to overflow and return a negative value.”
- 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.an extra amount of something that does not fit in the usual space.
n.the amount or number of people that exceeds the capacity of a particular space or system.
Simple“The hotel was full, so they put the overflow of guests in a nearby building.”
In context“To manage the overflow of applicants, the university opened a secondary campus for the introductory lectures.”
- 04 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a pipe that lets extra liquid escape so a tank does not flood.
n.an outlet or pipe provided to allow the escape of excess liquid to prevent flooding.
Simple“Water started dripping from the overflow pipe because the tank was too full.”
In context“The plumber checked the overflow to ensure that any blockage in the main line wouldn't result in internal water damage.”
Usage overflowed its banks
“France’s attacking ranks may overflow with quality, but for a player with magic in both boots, that seemed odd.”
“The letters he wrote to far-flung friends in those years overflow with longing, in language eerily like what he used to describe his proof.”
From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.