transitive. Of water or other liquid: to spread over, to cover (land, etc.); to flood, inundate. Also of a person: to cause (land) to be flooded.

transitive. To flood or flow over; to overflow (something). rare.

transitive. To flow or wash over; to inundate. Chiefly in passive.

transitive. To pour over (a place) in a flood; to inundate; to overflow. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Frequently figurative and in extended use.

intransitive. To spill out; to overflow.