overflow

déborder

Monter au-dessus du bord d’un récipient ou des berges et s’écouler au-dehors, en parlant d’un liquide.

En anglais simple : If liquid or its container does this, the liquid rises above the edge and spills out.

• The bath overflowed.
• Heavy rain caused the river to overflow its banks.
• Turn off the tap before the sink overflows.

Synonymes : spill over, run over

Expressions courantes : overflow the banks, begin to overflow, let something overflow

déborder, regorger

Contenir plus de personnes, de choses ou de sentiments qu’on ne peut en accueillir ou en retenir aisément.

En anglais simple : To contain more people, things, or feelings than can comfortably fit or be held.

• The bins are overflowing.
• The waiting room overflowed with patients.
• She was overflowing with joy after hearing the news.

Comment l'utiliser : overflow with something (Her inbox was overflowing with messages.)

Synonymes : brim, be packed

Expressions courantes : overflow with people, overflow with joy, overflow with rubbish

inonder, submerger

Se répandre sur un terrain ou une autre surface et la recouvrir de liquide.

En anglais simple : To spread over land or another surface and cover it with liquid.

• Floodwater overflowed the fields.
• The swollen river overflowed the low farmland.
• By morning, muddy water had overflowed the valley floor.

Synonymes : flood, inundate, cover

Expressions courantes : overflow the fields, overflow the land, overflow the valley