overran

Meaning of overran

verb
  1. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
  2. To infest, swarm over, flow over.
    The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
  3. To run past; to run beyond.
    One line overruns another in length.
  4. To continue for too long.
    The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
  5. To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
  6. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
    In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
  7. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.

Information about overran

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of overran

over-ran

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • overran is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with overran

Albarran, Arran, garran, warran, yarran, Sierran, Terran, interran, serran, sierran, terran, underran, Andorran, Dorran, Orran, andorran, sporran, Curran, bourran, curran

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