(n.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal.
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Overfull
Definition:
(a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.
Example Sentences:
(1) Care must be taken to ensure that the segments are not overfull, otherwise the seams may burst upon freezing.
(2) Milk yield was measured in 12 of the normal mothers, and all mothers were asked to note the time of milk "coming in" (the feeling of overfullness of the breasts).
(3) The day I left there were two dead bodies in the street and our isolation unit was overfull.
(4) The reduction in vein overfullness using an external constrictive sleeve prevents structural parietal changes in the vein and allows reducing atherogenesis of the arterialized vein graft.