Overran

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overrun \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 grass.
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              Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or
        pass in running.
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              Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran
              Cushi.                                --2 Sam.
                                                    xviii. 23.
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     3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line
        overruns another in length.
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     Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its
           bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
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     4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
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              None of them the feeble overran.      --Spenser.
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     5. (Print.)
        (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page
            into the next after, or next before.
        (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page)
            into the next line, column, or page.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overrun
       adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled
             by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters
             infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the
             locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
             [syn: {infested}, {plagued}]
       n : too much production or more than expected [syn: {overproduction}]
       v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
            [syn: {infest}]
       2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant
          infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
          [syn: {invade}, {infest}]
       3: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: {overflow}, {well
          over}, {run over}, {brim over}]
       4: seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran
          much of the Holy Land"
       5: run beyond  or past; "The plane overran the runway"
       [also: {overrunning}, {overran}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overran
       See {overrun}