noun
Meaning 1
An instance of overfilling.
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noun
An instance of overfilling.
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verb
To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
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verb
fill beyond capacity
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Broader terms: fill, fill up, make full
History
From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla.
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