overbrim

Exceed the edge

To overbrim is to flow over the brim or edge, as liquid from a vessel filled past capacity: The fountain overbrimmed onto the cobblestones.

The word extends to emotions or abundance spilling beyond containment: Her heart overbrimmed with gratitude.

Literary and somewhat old-fashioned.

overflow

flood

Overwhelming water overflow

gush · surge · spill · pour · stream · outpouring · inundate · engulf · swamp · submerge

emotion

overwhelm

Defeat by excess

well up · burst · flood · overflow · tears · joy · grief · heart · sentiment · feeling

abundance

cornucopia

Abundance symbol, horn-shaped

plentiful · bountiful · ample · teeming · overflowing · rich · luxuriant · fruitful · copious · fullness

Opposites
containment/overflow

overbrimcontain

Hold within limits

hold · retain · remain · stay put · underfill

fullness level

overbrimempty

Holding nothing inside

drain · deplete · lack · run dry · fall short

Family

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