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Overflow

To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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Broader term 6

Boil 76% connected

To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flowing 76% connected

of Flow

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seethe 76% connected

To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spill 76% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stream 76% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Effusion 76% connected

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Geyser 76% connected

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Overrun 74% connected

of Overrun

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Overrun 74% connected

of Overrun

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 4

Course 72% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Feed 72% connected

of Fee

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flow 72% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Run 72% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Flood 92% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Overrun 92% connected

of Overrun

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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