SAT vocabulary
Overflow
To pass or flow over, above, or beyond a confining border, shore, or barrier
Example
"Torrential rains caused the mountain canal to overflow its stone banks, submerging the adjacent valley."
Etymology
From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, from ofer ('over') + flōwan ('to flow').
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