Definition of overruns Overruns
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What does overruns mean?
Part of speech
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| overrun - run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway" | ||
| overshoot aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim" | ||
| overrun - seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land" | ||
| get the better of, defeat, overcome win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" | ||
| overrun - flow or run over (a limit or brim) | ||
| overflow, well over, run over, brim over | ||
| spill, run out reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) | ||
| geyser to overflow like a geyser | ||
| overrun - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" | ||
| invade, infest | ||
| inhabit be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" | ||
| overrun - invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" | ||
| infest | ||
| invade, occupy march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- overrun (Noun)
An instance of overrunning. - overrun (Noun)
The amount by which something overruns. - overrun (Verb)
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively. - overrun (Verb)
To infest, swarm over, flow over. - overrun (Verb)
To run past; exceed. - overrun (Verb)
To continue for too long. - overrun (Verb)
To readjust by shifting the excess letters to the next line of a set type.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- overrun (p. p.)
of Overrun - overrun (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. - overrun (v. t.)
To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. - overrun (v. t.)
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length. - overrun (v. t.)
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. - overrun (v. t.)
To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before. - overrun (v. t.)
To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page. - overrun (v. i.)
To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. - overrun (v. i.)
To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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overrun
ō-vėr-run′, v.t. to run or spread over: to grow over: to spread over and take possession of: to crush down: (B.) to run faster than: to pass in running: to extend composed types beyond their first limit.—v.i. to run over: to extend beyond the right length, as a line or page in printing.—n. Overrun′ner, one that overruns
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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overrun
In a military sense, to ravage, to lay waste. A country which is harassed by incursions is said to be overrun.
