0 past simple and past participle of overflow --
1 When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much of it: --
2 If you overflow with thoughts or feelings, you express them strongly: --
The moment we put the bin in the area it overflowed with litter.
The report is narrow in concept, and, although it has overflowed to some extent, it is still narrow in its approach.
The week following that meeting the river overflowed again and the residents were evacuated.
Over a period the river has overflowed the banks.
Only a few months ago some houses were put up, but during the recent heavy rainstorms the gutterings completely overflowed.
As it overflowed, so the court gradually became unplayable.
The existing market has expanded or overflowed into adjoining streets, or a new concentration of wholesalers has sprung up.
Sewage overflowed into the police mess once in 1973 and once in 1974.
