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overflow

/əʊvəˈfləʊ/

US pronunciation
American sound/əʊvəˈfləʊ/
əʊvəˈfləʊ
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

əʊvə - ˈfləʊ -> overflow

Myanmar meaning

(v) လျှံ၍ ကျသည်။

Full entry

overflow /ǝƱvǝ'flǝƱ/ v

၁။ (ရေ) လျှံသည်။ Your bath is overflowing. ❍ overflowing ashtrays ❍ The hospitals are filled/full to overflowing (with patients). ❍ The river overflowed its banks. ❍ OVERLAP
၂။ ~ (into) sth (အခန်း စသည်) ပြည့်လျှံသွားသည်။ The meeting overflowed into the streets.
၃။ ~ with sth (ခံစားမှု၊ စေတနာ) ပြည့်လျှမ်းသည်။ overflowing with happiness/kindness/gratitude ❍ His heart overflowed with love.
/'ǝƱvǝflǝƱ/ n
၁။ [U] (က) လျှံခြင်း။ stop the overflow from the cistern. (ခ) လျှံကျသောအရည်။ Put a bowl underneath to catch the overflow.
၂။ (also overflow pipe ) [C] (ရေ) ပိုထုတ်ပိုက်။ The overflow from the bath is blocked.
၃။ [U, sing] မနိုင်မကန် ပမာဏ။ အပို။ a large overflow of population from the cities ❍ an overflow car park.

More examples
  • The bath’s overflowing!
  • [overflow with] : Ashtrays overflowing with cigarette ends
  • The river has overflowed its banks.
  • The crowd began to overflow the hall.
  • [overflow with] : Hospitals overflowing with victims of the earthquake
  • [overflow with] : Her heart was overflowing with joy.
Synonyms
run over, flood, spread out, spill over, brim over, pour out, Niagara, advance, brim, bubble over, burst, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, cover, deluge, discharge, drain, drown, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, engulf, excess, extra, exuberance, fall over, flash flood, flooding, gush, infringement, inundate, inundation, irrupt, issue, jet, leak, overabundance, overbrim, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, overrun, overspill, overtop, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, runoff, rush, shed, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spate, spill, spillover, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, submerge, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surge, surplus, swamp, torrent, water, wave, well, well over, wet, whelm
Antonyms
dehydrate, discouragement, dry, hold, insufficiency, keep, lack, necessity, need, underwhelm, want
Cross references
run overfloodspread outspill overbrim overpour outNiagaraadvancebrimbubble overburstcascadecataclysmcataractcongestioncoverdelugedischargedraindrownencroachmentenforcementengorgementengulfexcessextraexuberancefall over
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