Overflow

  • 21overflow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Overflow is used before these nouns: ↑pipe {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Overflow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bowl, ↑bucket, ↑pail, ↑river, ↑tear Overflow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bank …

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  • 22overflow — 1. noun The spillage resultant from overflow; excess. 2. verb a) To fill beyond the limits of a container or system. Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight bit byte …

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  • 23overflow — v. (D; intr.) to overflow into (the mob overflowed into the street) * * * [ˌəʊvə fləʊ] (D; intr.) to overflow into (the mob overflowed into the street) …

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  • 24overflow — verb 1》 flow over the brim of a receptacle.     ↘spread over or cover. 2》 be excessively full or crowded. 3》 (overflow with) be very full of (an emotion). noun 1》 the overflowing of a liquid.     ↘the excess not able to be accommodated by a space …

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  • 25overflow — 1. verb cream had overflowed the edges of the shallow dish Syn: spill over, flow over, brim over, well over, pour forth, stream forth, flood 2. noun 1) an overflow from the tank Syn: overspill, spill, spillage, flood …

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  • 26overflow — verb (overflowed, overflowed or overflown, overflowing) –verb (i) /oʊvəˈfloʊ / (say ohvuh floh) 1. to flow or run over, as rivers, water, etc. 2. to have the contents flowing over, as an overfull vessel. 3. (sometimes followed by into) to pass… …

  • 27overflow — I. 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 overflow intransitive verb 1. to flow over bounds 2. to fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits… …

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  • 28overflow — o·ver·flow s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS inform. superamento della capacità massima di rappresentazione di dati numerici durante un elaborazione, che determina uno stato di errore {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1995. ETIMO: der. di (to) overflow… …

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  • 29overflow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. inundate, flood; brim or well over, boil over, run over. n. inundation, flooding, deluge, alluvion; spate, profusion, excess. See sufficiency, water, overrunning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of… …

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  • 30Overflow — Over|flow [ ouvəflou] der; s <aus gleichbed. engl. overflow, eigtl. »Überschwemmung«> Überschreitung der Speicherkapazität von Computern (EDV) …

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