Overflow

Definition

overflow /ǝƱvǝ'flǝƱ/ v ၁။ (ေရ) လွ်ံသည္။ Your bath is overflowing. ❍ overflowing ashtrays ❍ The hospitals are filled/full to overflowing (with patients). ❍ The river overflowed its banks. ❍ OVERLAP ၂။ ~ (into) sth (အခန္း စသည္) ျပည့္လွ်ံသြားသည္။ The meeting overflowed into the streets. ၃။ ~ with sth (ခံစားမႈ၊ ေစတနာ) ျပည့္လွ်မ္းသည္။ overflowing with happiness/kindness/gratitude ❍ His heart overflowed with love. /'ǝƱvǝflǝƱ/ n ၁။ [U] (က) လွ်ံျခင္း။ stop the overflow from the cistern. (ခ) လွ်ံက်ေသာအရည္။ Put a bowl underneath to catch the overflow. ၂။ (also overflow pipe ) [C] (ေရ) ပိုထုတ္ပိုက္။ The overflow from the bath is blocked. ၃။ [U, sing] မႏိုင္မကန္ ပမာဏ။ အပို။ a large overflow of population from the cities ❍ an overflow car park.

Examples

1. The bath’s overflowing!
2. [overflow with] : Ashtrays overflowing with cigarette ends
3. The river has overflowed its banks.
4. The crowd began to overflow the hall.
5. [overflow with] : Hospitals overflowing with victims of the earthquake
6. [overflow with] : Her heart was overflowing with joy.