overflowing
adjective
[ ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ ]
• flooding or flowing over a surface or area.
• "an overflowing river swamped dozens of villages"
Similar:
overfull,
full to overflowing/bursting,
spilling over,
running over,
crammed full,
cram-full,
jammed,
overcrowded,
packed like sardines,
congested,
choked,
overloaded,
overpopulated,
overpeopled,
overrun,
crowded,
thronged,
swarming,
teeming,
bursting/bulging at the seams,
full to the gunwales,
jam-packed,
heaving,
like Piccadilly Circus,
overflow
verb
• (especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.
• "chemicals overflowed from a storage tank"
Origin:
Old English oferflōwan (see over-, flow).
