Synonyms for overswell
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Verb
1. Spill over — to swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.)
Definitions
- v. 1
To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
In some years the river overswells its banks, causing widespread flooding.
Forms
- Past participle
- overswelled
e.g. overswelled → overflown…
Example sentences
- overflow Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
By length
- 8 letters
- overflow3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overflow3 = 3 syllables).