OVERRUN
\ˌə͡ʊvəɹˈʌn], \ˌəʊvəɹˈʌn], \ˌəʊ_v_ə_ɹ_ˈʌ_n]\
Definitions of OVERRUN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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flow or run over (a limit or brim)
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seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
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invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
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occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
By Princeton University
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of Overrun
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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.
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To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
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To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
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To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
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To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.
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To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.
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To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
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To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
By Oddity Software
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of Overrun
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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.
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To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
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To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
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To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
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To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.
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To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.
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To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
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To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
By Noah Webster.
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To spread over in great quantity or numbers; invade; infest.
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To spread or extend over or beyond something.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To run or spread over: to grow over: to spread over and take possession of: (B.) to outrun.
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To run over.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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