overflowing
nounCA, US /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/
Etymology From overflow + -ing.
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overflow
- [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:
- the great overflowings and recedings of the waters1829, Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler, page 205:
- Derived terms
- full to overflowing, overflowingly, overflowingness, to overflowing, unoverflowing