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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 overflowing
 溢流; 漫溢; 過流

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 O·ver·flow v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.]
 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
    The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.   --Spenser.
 2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 O·ver·flow·ing n. An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
    He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject.   --Macaulay.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 overflowing
      adj 1: overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" [syn: flooding,
              in flood(p), swollen]
      2: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";
         "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded
         bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
         [syn: afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated]