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Definition of Overflowing
1. Adjective. Covered with water. "An overflowing tub"
Definition of Overflowing
1. n. An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
Definition of Overflowing
1. Noun. overflow ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of overflow) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overflowing
1. overflow [v] - See also: overflow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overflowing
Literary usage of Overflowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"It makes a large square thick volume, "a very Jumbo of juveniles," overflowing
with pictures, and is christened " Colonial Days." in Haarlem. ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"The overflowing of Magic Wells (FOLK-LORE, IV, i, 66).—The legends told by Dr.
Rhys about the origin of certain lakes in Wales and Ireland remind me of the ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1899)
"... KOW overflowing TO THE ATLANTIC ANP PACIFIC OCEANS. In consequence of one of
the very common phenomena of capture to which these rivers are subject, ..."
4. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Taoism by James Legge (1891)
"... 'Great or overflowing Virtue.' The chapter is another illustration of the
working of the Tao by contraries. According to Wu A'^ang, the action which ..."
5. Pneumonia: Its Supposed Connection, Pathological and Etiological, with by René La Roche (1854)
"... even Paris.3 The effects of drying, overflowing and reclaiming marshy and
sickly localities, and vice versa', prove the existence and agency of malaria. ..."
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