Lexic.us

Definition of Overrun

1. Verb. Invade in great numbers. "The roaches infested our kitchen"

2. Noun. Too much production or more than expected.

3. Verb. Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. "The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

4. Verb. Flow or run over (a limit or brim).

5. Verb. Seize the position of and defeat. "The Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

6. Verb. Run beyond or past. "The plane overran the runway"

Definition of Overrun

1. v. t. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.

2. v. i. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.

Definition of Overrun

1. Verb. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively. ¹

2. Verb. To infest, swarm over, flow over ¹

3. Verb. To run past; exceed ¹

4. Verb. To continue for too long. ¹

5. Verb. To readjust by shifting the excess letter(s) to the next line of a set type ¹

6. Noun. An instance of overrunning ¹

7. Noun. The amount by which something overruns ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overrun

1. to spread or swarm over [v -RAN, -RUNNING, -RUNS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overrun

overrude overruff overruffed overruffing overruffs overrule overruled overruler overrulers overrules

overrulest overruleth overruling overrulingly overrulings overrun (current term) overrunner overrunners overrunneth overrunning

overruns overs oversad oversaid oversail oversails oversale oversales oversalt oversalted

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