overflow

v., -flowed, -flow·ing, -flows.

v.intr.

1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks.
2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
3. To have a boundless supply; be superabundant. See synonyms at teem¹.

v.tr.

1. To flow over the top, brim, or banks of.
2. To spread or cover over; flood.
3. To cause to fill beyond capacity.

n. (ō'vər-flō')

1. The act of overflowing.
2. Something that flows over; an excess.
3. An outlet or vent through which excess liquid may escape.
4. Computer Science. A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it.

Error condition that arises when the result of a calculation is a number too big to be represented on an electronic computer or calculator.

verb

1. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.
2. To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: abound, bristle, crawl, flow, pullulate, swarm, teem. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.

noun

1. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, torrent. Chiefly British spate. See big/small/amount.
2. An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

IN BRIEF: To spread beyond the limits.

They looked on in trepidation as the water began to overflow the dikes.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - oversvømme, flyde over
v. tr. - oversvømme, flyde over
n. - oversvømmelse, overløb, overflod, overskud

idioms:

• overflow error    overflowfejl

Nederlands (Dutch)
overstromen, overlopen met, overvloedig aanwezig zijn, overlopen (computer), surplus, overstroming, overloop (computer)

Français (French)
v. intr. - déborder (dans, sur), déborder (une foule), être plein à craquer (un théâtre)
v. tr. - inonder, déborder de
n. - surnombre, trop-plein, déversoir, débordement, (Comput) dépassement de capacité

idioms:

• overflow error    (Comput) erreur de dépassement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überschuß, Überlauf
v. - überfließen, überströmen, überschwemmen

idioms:

• overflow error    Überlaufsfehler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπερ(εκ)χείλιση, ξεχείλισμα
v. - ξεχειλίζω, κατακλύζω, πλημμυρίζω

idioms:

• overflow error    (Η/Υ) πρόβλημα υπερχείλισης (από υπερβολικά μεγάλο αριθμό)

Italiano (Italian)
traboccare, eccedenza

idioms:

• (filled) to overflowing    strapieno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - transbordamento (m), cheia (f), excedente (m)
v. - inundar, transbordar, alagar

idioms:

• (filled) to overflowing    cheio até transbordar

Русский (Russian)
переливаться, затоплять, перелив, сливная труба

idioms:

• (filled) to overflowing    (наполненный) до краев

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - desbordarse, rebosar, salir de madre
v. tr. - desbordar, inundar, sobrellenar, salir de los bordes
n. - exceso, desbordamiento, derrame, desagüe

idioms:

• overflow error    error de desborde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - översvämning, överflöd
v. - svämma över, översvämma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
泛滥, 充满, 满得溢出, 洋溢, 使涨满, 淹没, 从...中溢出, 多得使无法容纳, 溢出, 超值

idioms:

• overflow error    溢位误差

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 泛濫, 充滿, 滿得溢出, 洋溢
v. tr. - 使漲滿, 淹沒, 從...中溢出, 多得使無法容納
n. - 溢出, 泛濫, 超值

idioms:

• overflow error    溢位誤差

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 넘치다, 충만하다
v. tr. - 범람하다, 침수시키다
n. - 범람, 과잉, 배수관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - あふれ出ること, 氾濫, 流出, 過剰, 排水口
v. - あふれ出る, 氾濫する, 水浸しにする, 溢れる, いっぱいになる, はみ出す

idioms:

• (filled) to overflowing    なみなみと(つがれた)

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فيضان (فعل) يفيض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮עלה על גדותיו, גלש, נמשך מעבר לגבולות, שפע (טוב-לב, יבול ועוד)‬
v. tr. - ‮נמלא מעבר לתכולתו, עלה על גדותיו, גלש‬
n. - ‮שפע, גלישה, עודף, כמות העולה על גדותיה, צינור בירוץ - צינור במכונה לפליטת מים עודפים או אדים, דבר מיותר, כמות שגלשה, פתח למים עודפים, הפקת מספר שיש לו יותר ספרות מהתחום שהוקצה‬

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