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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Overflow

/ōʹvə-flō/ · O·ver·flow · IPA /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/
01 v. t. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
imp. & p. p. Overflowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing
  1. 1.
    To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
    “The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.” — Spenser.
  2. 2.
    To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
02 v. i. To run over the bounds.
  1. 1.
    To run over the bounds.
  2. 2.
    To be superabundant; to abound.
03 n. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
  1. 1.
    A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
  2. 2.
    That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
  3. 3.
    An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Phrases & compounds
Overflow meeting — a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.