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overflowing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌovɚ-/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From overflow + -ing.

Meanings

1. overflow
   • the great overflowings and recedings of the waters 1829, Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler, page 205:
   • [T]hough he had, as it were, from the overflowings of his heart, given Sophia as a toast among the officers, where he thought it was impossible she should be known; yet, even there, the reader may remember how difficultly he was prevailed upon to mention her surname. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

Forms

Deriveds

overflowingness · to overflowing · overflowingly · full to overflowing · unoverflowing

overflowing en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌovɚ-/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From overflow + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of overflow
   form of overflow