单词 | to flow above the banks |
释义 | > as lemmasto flow above the banks a. To rise to a great height and overflow. In figurative phrases, to flow above the banks, to flow past shore: to overflow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [verb (intransitive)] overflowOE flow1495 redound1543 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > flood or overflow [verb (intransitive)] > river flow1495 disbank1660 flood1755 spate1853 to burst its banks1860 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] > superabound > overflow overfloweOE overruna1450 to flow above the banks1495 to flow over1526 superabound1582 overswell1597 to flow past shore?1615 restagnate1653 to well over1843 to brim over1858 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxli. sig. ooij/2 The ryuer Nylus was flowen and arysen and afterwarde was aualyd and wythdrawen ayen in to his propre Chanelle. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rr3/1 Let Nylus flow, And perpetuall plenty show. < as lemmas |
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