overflow
/ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/ noun C1- The spillage resultant from overflowing.
- An outlet for escape of excess material.
- Excess, superabundance
- The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
Plural overflows
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Anne’s cup of happiness was full, and Matthew caused it to overflow.
“Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect.
Darcy was not of a disposition in which happiness overflows in mirth; and Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather _knew_ that she was happy than _felt_ herself to be so; for, besides the immediate embarrassment, there were other evils before her.
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