Local English word record

overflowing

adjective · 1 sense

covered with water

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Examples

  • the main deck was afloat (or awash)
  • the monsoon left the whole place awash
  • a flooded bathroom
  • inundated farmlands
  • an overflowing tub

Word relationships

Synonyms

afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated

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Princeton WordNet 3.0