Main Entry: ¹over·flow

Pronunciation: \ˌō-vər-ˈflō\

Function: verb

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb

1 : to cover with or as if with water : inundate
2 : to flow over the brim of
3 : to cause to overflowintransitive verb 1 : to flow over bounds
2 : to fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits <the crowd overflowed into the street>