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Verb: overrun (overran,overrun,overrunning) `ow-vu(r)'rún- Invade in great numbers
"the roaches overran our kitchen" - infest - Occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant overruns much of the South and is spreading to the North" - invade, infest - Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- overflow, well over, run over, brim over - Seize the position of and defeat
"the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land" - Run beyond or past
"The plane overran the runway" Noun: overrun 'ow-vu(r)`rún- Too much production or more than expected
- overproduction
Derived forms: overrun, overrunning, overran, overruns Type of: defeat, get the better of, inhabit, invade, occupy, overcome, overshoot, production, run out, spill Encyclopedia: Overrun |