Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overflow
Participle: overflowed
Gerund: overflowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overflow |
| you | overflow |
| he;she;it | overflows |
| we | overflow |
| you | overflow |
| they | overflow |
Perfect
| I | have overflowed |
| you | have overflowed |
| he;she;it | has overflowed |
| we | have overflowed |
| you | have overflowed |
| they | have overflowed |
Past
| I | overflowed |
| you | overflowed |
| he;she;it | overflowed |
| we | overflowed |
| you | overflowed |
| they | overflowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overflowed |
| you | had overflowed |
| he;she;it | had overflowed |
| we | had overflowed |
| you | had overflowed |
| they | had overflowed |
Future
| I | will overflow |
| you | will overflow |
| he;she;it | will overflow |
| we | will overflow |
| you | will overflow |
| they | will overflow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overflowed |
| you | will have overflowed |
| he;she;it | will have overflowed |
| we | will have overflowed |
| you | will have overflowed |
| they | will have overflowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overflow |
| you | overflow |
| he;she;it | overflow |
| we | overflow |
| you | overflow |
| they | overflow |
Perfect
| I | have overflowed |
| you | have overflowed |
| he;she;it | have overflowed |
| we | have overflowed |
| you | have overflowed |
| they | have overflowed |
Imperfect
| I | overflowed |
| you | overflowed |
| he;she;it | overflowed |
| we | overflowed |
| you | overflowed |
| they | overflowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overflowed |
| you | had overflowed |
| he;she;it | had overflowed |
| we | had overflowed |
| you | had overflowed |
| they | had overflowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overflow |
| you | would overflow |
| he;she;it | would overflow |
| we | would overflow |
| you | would overflow |
| they | would overflow |
Perfect
| I | would have overflowed |
| you | would have overflowed |
| he;she;it | would have overflowed |
| we | would have overflowed |
| you | would have overflowed |
| they | would have overflowed |
Imperative
| you | overflow |
| we | Let's overflow |
| you | overflow |
Verbs conjugated like 'overflow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overflow'
overblow,
overglow,
overplow,
overslow,
overbow,
overbrow,
overcloy,
overcrow,
overfloat,
overflood,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
oferfleow "to flow across, flood, inundate," also "to flow over (a brim or bank)," from
ofer "over" +
fleow "flow." The noun is attested from 1589.
2. From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow. See: Middle English '
overflowen'.
Verbs referencing "overflow"
Esperanto
superflui.
Sample Sentences
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‘The mother stood some time, gazing with overflowing eyes upon her unfortunate child, who, all unconscious of her presence, was playing about the room. Presently Laura ran against her, and at once began feeling her hands, examining her dress, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] down on equal terms at any white man's table; and he sat down, at first, with some constraint and awkwardness; but they all exhaled and went off like fog, in the genial morning rays of this simple, overflowing kindness.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee; for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom's whole soul overflowed with compassion and sympathy for the poor wretches by whom he was surrounded. To him it seemed as if his life-sorrows were now over, and as if, out of that strange treasury of peace and joy, with [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)