overflowingn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/

Forms: see over- prefix and flowing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overflow v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < overflow v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of overflow v. (in various senses); an instance of this; a flood, an inundation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]

streamc950

water floodOE

floodc1000

waterOE

diluvya1325

waterganga1325

flowinga1340

delugec1374

diluvec1386

Noah's floodc1390

overflowing1430

inundation1432

flowa1450

surrounding1449

over-drowninga1500

spate1513

float1523

drowning1539

ravine1545

alluvion1550

surundacion1552

watershot1567

overflow1589

ravage1611

inunding1628

surroundera1642

water breach1669

flooding1799

debacle1802

diluviation1816

deluging1824

superflux1830

whelm1842

come1862

floodage1862

sheet-flood1897

flash flooding1939

flash-flood1940

1430–1 Rolls of Parl. IV. 385/2 The pore tenauntes..of the Toun of Malberthorp..whiche has ben..utterly destroyd and wastid be over flowyng.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 250/1 Overflowyng with water, inundation.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry 44 The good and the riche grounde hath no neede of ouerflowyng.

1614 S. Latham Falconry ii. xii. 103 The ouerflowing of the gall, a disease that most Hawkes are subiect vnto.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. v. 69 in Church-hist. Brit. Down comes the Bailiffe of Bedford (so the Country-people commonly call the overflowing of the River Ouse).

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 181 Not so low as to be exposed to the overflowing of the River.

a1771 T. Martin Hist. Thetford (1779) xxiii. 297 Upon the overflowings of the neighbouring fens.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xx. 408 Its [sc. the Nile] overflowings are far more fertilising than those of the Euphrates.

a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. i. 11 I anticipated no overflowings of fraternal tenderness.

1901 E. F. Pittman Mineral Resources New S. Wales 466 The mounds have been formed by the very slow overflowing of the liquid mud.

1987 A. Millar Timebends (1988) ii. 144 I began to think that true art must be an overflowing of love.

b. full (also to fill) to overflowing: (to fill) more than full, so as to overflow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > more than full or heaped

upheapedc1380

heaped1530

heap-full1530

full (also to fill) to overflowing1797

stacked1908

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to overflowing

pilea1450

crown1595

swell1602

sphere1608

overflow1650

full (also to fill) to overflowing1797

1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor VI. xv. 188 The tide of joy was full to overflowing!

1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. x. 174 Gertrude and Roscoe proceeded to the chapel, which they found filled to overflowing.

1879 R. A. Sterndale Afghan Knife II. vii. 69 In the meantime fugitives kept pouring into the house, which was full to overflowing.

1920 H. M. Pim Short Hist. Celtic Philos. v. 62 They might have produced a Tartarus, and filled it to overflowing.

1961 Washington Post 1 June a24 The jails were filled to overflowing with political prisoners who had incurred his displeasure.

2. That which flows over; a quantity which flows over; (hence) excess, superfluity, superabundance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun] > of surplus water

waste waterc1450

surabundance?1473

float1523

overflowing1574

waste1587

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity

un-i-fohOE

surfeita1393

superfluitya1398

over-micklea1400

overmucha1400

nimiety1542

superfluous1552

redundance1572

overflowing1574

overflush1581

overflow1589

overmeasure1591

redundancy1601

a too-much1604

pleonasm1616

overfloat1619

overmuchnessa1637

supernumerariness1652

plusa1721

supervacaneousness1730

supersaturate1860

too-muchness1875

1574 J. Baret Aluearie O 170 A ouerflowing: a superfluous abounding.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 15 The over-flowings of her kind inquisitiveness.

1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 28 Aug. (1778) Some over-flowings of clover, I ordered to be made into a square cock for the cart-horses.

1844 Living Age 27 July 690/1 It is soothing to imagine that the melodies uttered in this little book might have turned away the thoughts..from deadliest suggestions—that as the overflowings of a mind, tired and tempted, they were such relief.

1910 G. K. Chesterton Alarms & Discursions 57 Some overflowings from such a fountain of information may therefore be permitted to springle these pages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overflowingadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/

Forms: see over- prefix and flowing adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overflow v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < overflow v. + -ing suffix².

That overflows (in various senses of the verb). In early use also: †superfluous (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > superabundant > overflowing

overflowingOE

overrunningc1225

uncontainable1618

over-brimming1830

overlipping1836

spillover1953

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing

delavya1400

floating1578

swimmingc1595

overfloten1601

gulf-eating?1611

overflowing1611

overrunning1611

tideful1622

inundant1629

diluvial1656

exuberant1678

diluviana1684

overflown1818

deluging1824

deluginous1835

insurgent1849

flooding1850

overstreaming1860

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [adjective] > overflowing, of a vessel

swimmingc1595

inundanta1763

overflowing1876

OE Rule St. Benet (Tiber.) (1888) lxi. 102 Quod si superfluus aut vitiosus : gif bið gemet oferflowende oððe leahterfull.

OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxix. 325 Ne lyste eow þæs oferflowendan welan, butan swa micel swa ge magon eowerne lichaman an afercian.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 41 Þe ealde læces hyt þus wrytan..þæt oferflawende yfel on þan breostan byð astired æfter þan mete.

a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) 111 Idel and oferfloend [OE Corpus Cambr. oferflowend] byð eal, þæt toforan þisum is.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 148 Fulfilled wiþ so gret loue of þe godhede & so ouerflowing [L. supereffluenti] ioy.

a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) vii. 489 The liquor leapes for heate, and water waues vptossing toyles In smoke, and ouer flowing flood of fome redounding boyles.

1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xlvii. 2 Waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood.

1656 M. Fell For Manasseth Ben Israel 7 Therefore now ye may escape the over-flowing Scourge.

1731 E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna xxiv. sig. L5^v Overflowing Seas stopt gasping Breath, And seiz'd the Victims of triumphant Death.

1781 W. Cowper Charity 366 How copious and how clear Th' o'erflowing well of Charity springs here!

1813 R. Wilson Diary 5 Nov. (1861) II. 217 Afterwards we passed to the opera, where ‘Titus’ was performed before..an overflowing house.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 118 Benevolence gushed prodigally from his ever overflowing heart.

1973 Gramophone Sept. 508/3 The dominant impression is of overflowing richness, of endlessly subtle harmony and polyrhythm.

1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 141 Garry flicked off the ring pull of his beer can and frisbeed it in the vague direction of the overflowing ashtray.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overflowing
释义	overflowingn. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/ Forms: see over- prefix and flowing n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overflow v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < overflow v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of overflow v. (in various senses); an instance of this; a flood, an inundation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 1430–1 Rolls of Parl. IV. 385/2 The pore tenauntes..of the Toun of Malberthorp..whiche has ben..utterly destroyd and wastid be over flowyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 250/1 Overflowyng with water, inundation. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry 44 The good and the riche grounde hath no neede of ouerflowyng. 1614 S. Latham Falconry ii. xii. 103 The ouerflowing of the gall, a disease that most Hawkes are subiect vnto. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. v. 69 in Church-hist. Brit. Down comes the Bailiffe of Bedford (so the Country-people commonly call the overflowing of the River Ouse). 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 181 Not so low as to be exposed to the overflowing of the River. a1771 T. Martin Hist. Thetford (1779) xxiii. 297 Upon the overflowings of the neighbouring fens. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xx. 408 Its [sc. the Nile] overflowings are far more fertilising than those of the Euphrates. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. i. 11 I anticipated no overflowings of fraternal tenderness. 1901 E. F. Pittman Mineral Resources New S. Wales 466 The mounds have been formed by the very slow overflowing of the liquid mud. 1987 A. Millar Timebends (1988) ii. 144 I began to think that true art must be an overflowing of love. b. full (also to fill) to overflowing: (to fill) more than full, so as to overflow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > more than full or heaped upheapedc1380 heaped1530 heap-full1530 full (also to fill) to overflowing1797 stacked1908 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to overflowing pilea1450 crown1595 swell1602 sphere1608 overflow1650 full (also to fill) to overflowing1797 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor VI. xv. 188 The tide of joy was full to overflowing! 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. x. 174 Gertrude and Roscoe proceeded to the chapel, which they found filled to overflowing. 1879 R. A. Sterndale Afghan Knife II. vii. 69 In the meantime fugitives kept pouring into the house, which was full to overflowing. 1920 H. M. Pim Short Hist. Celtic Philos. v. 62 They might have produced a Tartarus, and filled it to overflowing. 1961 Washington Post 1 June a24 The jails were filled to overflowing with political prisoners who had incurred his displeasure. 2. That which flows over; a quantity which flows over; (hence) excess, superfluity, superabundance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun] > of surplus water waste waterc1450 surabundance?1473 float1523 overflowing1574 waste1587 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity un-i-fohOE surfeita1393 superfluitya1398 over-micklea1400 overmucha1400 nimiety1542 superfluous1552 redundance1572 overflowing1574 overflush1581 overflow1589 overmeasure1591 redundancy1601 a too-much1604 pleonasm1616 overfloat1619 overmuchnessa1637 supernumerariness1652 plusa1721 supervacaneousness1730 supersaturate1860 too-muchness1875 1574 J. Baret Aluearie O 170 A ouerflowing: a superfluous abounding. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 15 The over-flowings of her kind inquisitiveness. 1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 28 Aug. (1778) Some over-flowings of clover, I ordered to be made into a square cock for the cart-horses. 1844 Living Age 27 July 690/1 It is soothing to imagine that the melodies uttered in this little book might have turned away the thoughts..from deadliest suggestions—that as the overflowings of a mind, tired and tempted, they were such relief. 1910 G. K. Chesterton Alarms & Discursions 57 Some overflowings from such a fountain of information may therefore be permitted to springle these pages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overflowingadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/ Forms: see over- prefix and flowing adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overflow v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < overflow v. + -ing suffix². That overflows (in various senses of the verb). In early use also: †superfluous (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > superabundant > overflowing overflowingOE overrunningc1225 uncontainable1618 over-brimming1830 overlipping1836 spillover1953 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing delavya1400 floating1578 swimmingc1595 overfloten1601 gulf-eating?1611 overflowing1611 overrunning1611 tideful1622 inundant1629 diluvial1656 exuberant1678 diluviana1684 overflown1818 deluging1824 deluginous1835 insurgent1849 flooding1850 overstreaming1860 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [adjective] > overflowing, of a vessel swimmingc1595 inundanta1763 overflowing1876 OE Rule St. Benet (Tiber.) (1888) lxi. 102 Quod si superfluus aut vitiosus : gif bið gemet oferflowende oððe leahterfull. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxix. 325 Ne lyste eow þæs oferflowendan welan, butan swa micel swa ge magon eowerne lichaman an afercian. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 41 Þe ealde læces hyt þus wrytan..þæt oferflawende yfel on þan breostan byð astired æfter þan mete. a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) 111 Idel and oferfloend [OE Corpus Cambr. oferflowend] byð eal, þæt toforan þisum is. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 148 Fulfilled wiþ so gret loue of þe godhede & so ouerflowing [L. supereffluenti] ioy. a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) vii. 489 The liquor leapes for heate, and water waues vptossing toyles In smoke, and ouer flowing flood of fome redounding boyles. 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xlvii. 2 Waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood. View more context for this quotation 1656 M. Fell For Manasseth Ben Israel 7 Therefore now ye may escape the over-flowing Scourge. 1731 E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna xxiv. sig. L5^v Overflowing Seas stopt gasping Breath, And seiz'd the Victims of triumphant Death. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 366 How copious and how clear Th' o'erflowing well of Charity springs here! 1813 R. Wilson Diary 5 Nov. (1861) II. 217 Afterwards we passed to the opera, where ‘Titus’ was performed before..an overflowing house. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 118 Benevolence gushed prodigally from his ever overflowing heart. 1973 Gramophone Sept. 508/3 The dominant impression is of overflowing richness, of endlessly subtle harmony and polyrhythm. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 141 Garry flicked off the ring pull of his beer can and frisbeed it in the vague direction of the overflowing ashtray. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1430adj.OE
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