0 present 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:
Each of the three trays was filled to overflowing with the surrounding dried feed (weighing approximately 1.2 kg) and the contents emptied monthly.
An overflowing of the resulting lake, leading to erosion of material derived from mass movement, would be the process to be expected normally.
Even the moral has become suffused with the overflowing sense of bliss, joy, and love.
Overflowing toilets were common, especially on weekends when the restaurant was extremely busy.
Overflowing its stack, a larger stack was given to the task.
Masses are packed to overflowing with people of all ages; and local seminaries are full.
This overflowing of boundaries extends to the physical nature of the wine, as well.
Their modelling in the nineteenth century became associated with bouquets of wax flowers that usually were delicate but also could be massive and overflowing.