overrun in English dictionary

  • overrun

    Meanings and definitions of "overrun"

    • An instance of overrunning
    • The amount by which something overruns
    • To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
    • To infest, swarm over, flow over
    • To run past; exceed
    • To continue for too long.
    • To readjust by shifting the excess letter(s) to the next line of a set type
    • noun
      An instance of overrunning
    • noun
      The amount by which something overruns
    • verb
      To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
    • verb
      To infest, swarm over, flow over.
    • verb
      To run past; to run beyond.
    • verb
      To continue for too long.
    • verb
      (printing)
      To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
    • verb
      To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
    • verb
      To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
    • to infest, swarm over
    • noun
      too much production or more than expected
    • verb
      flow or run over (a limit or brim)
    • verb
      invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
    • verb
      occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
    • verb
      run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
    • verb
      seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

    Synonyms of "overrun" in English dictionary

    infest, troubled, defeat are the top synonyms of "overrun" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of overrun

    • overrun ( plural  overruns)
    • overrun ( third-person singular simple present overruns, present participle overrunning, simple past overran, past participle overrun) (transitive)
    • overrun, overran, overrun; he ~s; be ~ning
    • overrun (plural overruns)
    • overrun (third-person singular simple present overruns, present participle overrunning, simple past overran, past participle overrun)

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