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overflow

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Noun

  1. The spillage resultant from overflowing.
  2. An outlet for escape of excess material.
  3. Excess, superabundance
  4. The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.

Verb

  1. To flow over the brim of (a container).
  2. To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
  3. To cause an overflow.
  4. To flow over the brim of a container.
  5. To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity.
  6. To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity: To have something in superabundance; to abound in something.
  7. To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.

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