overflow
overflow.01 - be too full
OVERFLOW-V NOTES: Sounds better on a larger scale: "The floodwaters overflowed theriver." Even then doesn't sound great, but I know I've encounteredthis construction before. (from overflow.01-v)Aliases:
overflow (v.)
overflow (n.)
overflow (n.)
Roles:
ARG1-GOL: container
ARG2-PPT: substance
ARG2-PPT: substance
overflow-v: container as subject
With newspapers being the largest single component of solid waste in our landfills , and with
our countryARG1
overflowingrel
with trashARG2
, all sectors of our society and all types of businesses must become more responsible in our use and disposal of precious natural resources .ARG2 and ARG1
The stream waterARG2
has overflownrel
the riverbanksARG1
and flooded into the nearby houses of herders .