What does overflowing mean?
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
It could have been so much worse and I am overflowing, truly overflowing with gratitude.
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.
We love to see a child lost in the dance and not performing for an audience. To be happy and know that you are happy is really the overflowing cup of life. To dance as if there was no audience.
Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so overflowing, with love so tender, with sympathy so exquisite, with power so illimitable, with resources so boundless, with a nature so changeless, stands before us and says to each trembling heart, 'Fear not!'”
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
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Translations for overflowing
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- überfülltGerman
- superfluantaEsperanto
- desbordanteSpanish
- débordéFrench
- tràn raVietnamese
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