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overswell

UK /əʊvəˈswɛl/US /ˌoʊvɚˈswɛl/

verb 2
/ˈoʊvɚˌswɛl/ noun 1
forms 3

verb2

•
To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
- In some years the river overswells its banks, causing widespread flooding.
•
To cause (something) to be too swollen or large; to become too swollen or large.
- […] the rents of lands still grew higher upon every lease that expired, till they have arrived at the present exorbitance; when the frog, overswelling himself, burst at last. — 1729

overswell

UK /ˈəʊvəswɛl/US /ˈoʊvɚˌswɛl/

noun1

•
An excessive or sudden increase or flood (of something).
- [The trial] drew a crowd […] that almost stormed the City Hall corridors. Three policement were needed to keep back the overswell. — 1978

forms

overswelled · overswelling · overswells

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