Meanings
present singular third person overfills · participle present overfilling · participle past overfilled · past overfilled
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Englishoferfyllan“to cram, overfill”
- Middle English*overfillen
- Englishoverfill
From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπερπίμπλημι
- ὑπερπίμπλημι (huperpímplēmi)to fill beyond capacity
Bulgarian препълвам, препълня
- препълвам (prepălvam)to fill beyond capacity
- препълня (prepălnja)to fill beyond capacity
- препълване (prepălvane)instance of overfilling
Finnish ylitäyttää, ylitäyttö
- ylitäyttääto fill beyond capacity
- ylitäyttöinstance of overfilling
Icelandic yfirfylla
- yfirfyllato fill beyond capacity
Latin superpleō
- superpleōto fill beyond capacity
Slovak preplniť, prepĺňať
- preplniťto fill beyond capacity
- prepĺňaťto fill beyond capacity
- preplnenieinstance of overfilling
Spanish sobrellenar, colmar
- sobrellenarto fill beyond capacity
- colmarto fill beyond capacity
Vietnamese đầy tràn
- đầy trànto fill beyond capacity
Cite this entry
overfill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfill
“overfill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfill. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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