overrun

Meaning of overrun

noun
  1. An instance of overrunning
  2. The amount by which something overruns
    At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
  3. Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
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 overrun

  • The plural form of overrun is: overruns.
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Hyphenation of overrun

over-run

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

overrun synonyms

Meaning infested:

infested, plagued

Meaning overproduction:

overproduction

Meaning infest:

infest

Meaning invade:

invade, infest

Meaning overflow:

overflow

Anagrams of overrun

runover, unrrove

Words that rhyme with overrun

interrun, underrun

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