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overfull

[ oh-ver-foo l ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈfʊl /

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adjective

excessively full: The auditorium was overfull.

Origin of overfull

before 1000; Middle English; Old English oferfull. See over-, full¹

OTHER WORDS FROM overfull

o·ver·full·ness, noun

Words nearby overfull

overflight, overflow, overfly, overfold, overfond, overfull, overfunding, overgarment, overgear, overgeneralization, overgeneralize

Example sentences from the Web for overfull

Having fed full and overfull, they desired more by reason of their long hunger for meat and the hard vigor of their lives.

Jan |A. J. Dawson
All were slain but we three, for they were overfull with rowers and soldiers and cared not for more slaves.

Ulric the Jarl |William O. Stoddard
The college is overfull at present, and yet no girls wish to use the attics.

The Girls of St. Wode's |L. T. Meade
He could now allow himself a brief relaxation, and for once his grip was nerveless, for his heart was overfull.

A Prairie Courtship |Harold Bindloss

If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull, they say she has a fat quarter.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for overfull

overfull

/ (ˌəʊvəˈfʊl) /

adjective

excessively full; overflowing