overflow

OVERFLOW, verb transitive 1. To spread over, as water; to inundate; to cover with water or other fluid.2. To fill beyond the brim.3. To deluge; to overwhelm; to cover, as with numbers.The northern nations overflowed all christendom.OVERFLOW, verb intransitive 1. To run over; to swell and run over the brim or banks.2. To be abundant; to abound; to exuberate; as overflowing plenty.O'VERFLOW, noun An inundation; also, superabundance