LekhoriLekhoriThe spillage resultant from overflowing.
High crests of these overflows were: Manhattan, 23.0 feet, 8.0 above bankful, on June 16–17; Wamego, 20.8 feet, 4.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; Topeka, 26.8 feet, 5.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; […]
An outlet for escape of excess material.
Excess, superabundance
GCN: Do you have an overflow of scripts? JG: I have more than we could ever do, certainly. But there's never an overflow of quality, and quality is really hard to come by, real quality.
To flow over the brim of (a container).
The river overflowed the levee into the road.
To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.
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The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
To cause an overflow.