Overrun

  • 1Overrun — may refer to: Overrun brake Overrun, the condition of a vehicle travelling without throttle, see freewheel Overrunning clutch, see freewheel Buffer overrun, see buffer overflow Overrun is the section of a runway, sometimes called a blast pad,… …

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  • 2Overrun — O ver*run , v. t. [imp. {Overran}; p. p. {Overrun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overrunning}. ] 1. 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Overrun — O ver*run , v. t. [imp. {Overran}; p. p. {Overrun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overrunning}. ] 1. 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4overrun — [ō΄vər run′; ] also, and for n.always, [ō′vər run΄] vt. overran, overrun, overrunning 1. to run or spread out over so as to cover 2. to infest or swarm over, as vermin, or rove over and ravage, as an invading army 3. to invade, defeat, or conquer …

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  • 5overrun — [v1] defeat, invade beat, clobber, drub*, foray, inroad, lambaste, lick*, massacre, occupy, overwhelm, put to flight, raid, rout, swamp*, thrash, trim, whip; concepts 86,95 Ant. lose, surrender overrun [v2] infest, spread over; exceed beset,… …

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  • 6overrun — ► VERB (overrunning; past overran; past part. overrun) 1) spread over or occupy in large numbers. 2) move or extend over or beyond. 3) exceed (an expected or allowed time or cost) …

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  • 7Overrun — O ver*run , v. i. 1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. [1913 Webster] Despised and trodden down of all that overran. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as …

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  • 8overrun — index balance (amount in excess), despoil, harass, impinge, incursion, invade, overlap, overstep, overthrow …

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  • 9overrun — (v.) O.E. oferyrnan; see OVER (Cf. over) + RUN (Cf. run). Related: Overran; overrunning …

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  • 10overrun — *infest, beset …

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