overflowing

3.1

So full that water spills out and covers the area around it

adjective
/ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/

: desbordante

The cup was overflowing with hot coffee, spilling onto the table.

So this just is like an overflowing bag of things like that.

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Examples

I was helpless on the altar and the church is overflowing with people.

Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy
Our bag is literally overflowing with stuff.
Store shelves are going to be going from bare to overflowing and it's going to force price cuts.

Meet Kevin
But there was no such problem on the outside of the truck, which was basically overflowing with ways you could tell it apart from the standard Ram.
I have a drawer upstairs overflowing with Meundies.
But the baskets, suitcases and bags that they carried were overflowing with loose banknotes and stacked bundles of money.
After the heavy rain, the river became overflowing, flooding the nearby fields.
Her heart felt overflowing with joy as she opened the birthday gifts.

Synonyms

awash

vsoverflowing

16 4.1

Filled with a large amount of something

describes a local spill from a container rather than wide coverage

to overflowing with

vsoverflowing

15 2.9

Full of a lot of something, often too much

focuses on physical spilling rather than figurative excess

to overflowing

vsoverflowing

3 4.2

So full that nothing more can fit

is identical in meaning but presented as a fixed phrase

oversaturated

vsoverflowing

1 5.8

Having too much of something for a system or place to handle

focuses on visible spill or overflow rather than absorption limits

overfull

vsoverflowing

1 5.5

Contains more goods than people want to buy

applies to physical containers spilling or covering inside and outside

brimful

vsoverflowing

1 5.2

So full that it almost overflows

is the broader idea of contents spilling or covering surroundings

brimful of

vsoverflowing

1 3.8

Full to the top with something, often a feeling

refers more generally to spilling or covering, not only top filling

brimming

vsoverflowing

3.4

So full that it is almost overflowing, often with a strong feeling

is about literal spill of contents rather than emotional fullness

flooded

vsoverflowing

1.5

Covered with water after heavy rain or when a river overflows

covers the same spill idea but not limited to water causes

inundated

vsoverflowing

6.1

A place covered with water after heavy rain or a flood

is any spilling or covering, not only water from floods

Antonyms

empty

∞ 1.0

Not containing anything

Idioms

to overflowing

3 4.2

So full that nothing more can fit

How Full

overflowing

3.1

full

∞ 1.0

empty

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

overflowing positive

Morphology

overflowing = overflow (transparent) = over + flow + ing

The word 'overflowing' is transparently derived from 'overflow' with the addition of the participle suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

The word overflowing breaks into over meaning 'too much' or 'above', flow meaning 'to move in a stream', and -ing showing an action or state. Picture water rising and going 'over' the edge and 'flow' out, so overflowing means so full that the contents, especially liquid, spill out.