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Definitions for overflowing
over·flow·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowingadjective
covered with water
"the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
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overflowingnoun
overflow
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overflowing
Overflowing refers to a situation where a substance or quantity exceeds its limits or capacity in a particular space or system. This could be in reference to a physical substance like water overflowing from a river or abstract aspects like emotions or information. It can also mean being excessively abundant or filled with a lot more than needed or desired.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of overflowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of overflowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of overflowing in a Sentence
No, The Vice President office's not. The Vice President office's the reason why we demanded that Congress provide $ 4.6 billion in additional support to Customs and Border Protection, the McAllen station, where our cells are overflowing... ought to be a very clear message to every American that the time for action is now and the time for Congress to act to end the flow of families that are coming north from Central America to our border is now.
The ICUs, the hospitals are all on a near what we call mass casualty incident. They’re almost at protocols where they’re overflowing.
We grieve for their families, and we ask that God will comfort them with his overflowing mercy and grace.
The earthquake has caused unimaginable destruction, hospitals are overflowing, water is scarce, bodies are still buried under the rubble and people are still sleeping in the open. This is a perfect breeding ground for disease.
The health situation is typical of the heavy tolls that this conflict has taken on the whole country, on its people, but also on the system -- the health, water, sanitation system, health workers, doctors, nurses have not been paid for more than eight months and the whole system is of course overflowing, especially now with cholera.
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- überfülltGerman
- superfluantaEsperanto
- desbordanteSpanish
- débordéFrench
- tràn raVietnamese
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