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overflowing

verb
  1. To flow over the brim of (a container).

    "The river overflowed the levee."

  2. To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.

    "The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes."

  3. To cause an overflow.

noun
  1. Overflow

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