overflows

Exceeds the brim

Overflows is the verb form of overflow—to spill beyond capacity or limits.

A river overflows its banks during flooding.

A crowd overflows into the street.

Emotion overflows when it can't be contained: Her gratitude overflows.

In computing, an overflow occurs when data exceeds allocated storage space.

The noun overflow refers to excess that spills out: an overflow of applications.

flooding

deluge

Severe overflow of water

flood · breach · levee · banks · spillway · runoff · stormwater · flash flood · submerge · engulf

liquid

spill

Accidental liquid release

  • leakEscape through a breach
  • seepageSlow fluid escape
  • pourSend liquid streaming out

gush · trickle · ooze · dribble · drain · brim · cup · container · vessel · rim

abundance

plenty

Sufficient quantity, and then some

plethora · wealth · richness · surplus · excess · prosperity · opulence · copiousness · superabundance · largess

emotion

tears

Violent pulls apart

  • joyIntense positive emotion
  • griefIntense sorrow from loss
  • passionIntense emotional drive

love · anger · heart · gratitude · sorrow · elation · rage · ecstasy · happiness · despair

computing

buffer

Protective intermediate space

  • stackItems piled vertically
  • heapJumbled collection of items
  • memoryMind's retention capacity

crash · exploit · vulnerability · error · exception · data · integer · input · attack · security

Opposites
quantity/abundance

overflowslacks

Is missing something

empties · runs dry · falls short · depletes · droughts

containment

overflowscontains

Holds within itself

holds · stays put · retains · fits · underfills

flow dynamics

overflowsdrains

Pipes removing wastewater

ebbs · recedes · subsides · absorbs · evaporates

Phrases
Family

overflow, overflowing, overflowed, overflown

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