overflow

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- +‎ flow. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (noun): enPR: ōʹvə-flō, IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/ (verb): enPR: ō-və-flōʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/ (General American) (noun): enPR: ōʹvər-flō, IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/ (verb): enPR: ō-vər-flōʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊ (verb) === Noun === overflow (countable and uncountable, plural overflows) The spillage resultant from overflowing. An outlet for escape of excess material. Excess, superabundance (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past overflowed, past participle overflowed or (sometimes proscribed) overflown) (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container). (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively. (transitive) To cause an overflow. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (intransitive) To flow over the brim of a container. Synonyms: brim over, overbrim, overflood (intransitive) To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. [with with] Synonyms: brim over, overbrim (intransitive, figuratively) To have something in superabundance; to abound in something. (computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English overflow. === Noun === overflow m (plural overflows) (computing) overflow (situation where a value exceeds the available range) Synonym: transbordamento