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1 overflow
1. noun[of bath, sink] trop-plein ma. [liquid, river, container] déborder ; [room, prison] être plein à craquerb. ( = be full of) the town was overflowing with tourists la ville était envahie par les touristes3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque overflow est un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈəʊvəfləʊ, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la dernière: ‚əʊvəˈfləʊ.* * *1. ['əʊvəfləʊ]1) ( surplus)2) (from bath, sink) trop-plein m; ( from dam) déversoir m3) Computing dépassement m de capacité2. [ˌəʊvə'fləʊ]transitive verb [river] inonder [banks]3. [ˌəʊvə'fləʊ]4.to be full to overflowing — [room] être plein à craquer
overflowing [ˌəʊvə'fləʊɪŋ] present participle adjective [school] saturé; [prison] surpeuplé
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