OVERFILLING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

overfilling 1 of 2

adjective

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as in filling

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overfilling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of overfill

as in overloading

to fill or load to excess overfilled the wheelbarrow with bricks until finally no one could push it

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as in spilling

to flow over the brim or top of water overfilled the tub and poured onto the floor

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receding

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Verb

In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.

Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Court records show Corcoran asked Nieto's then 7-year-old daughter Melanie to stay in an upstairs bedroom before loading a rifle, a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic, and going to the living room, where his brother and his friends were watching TV.

Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024

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