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Webster 1913 Edition
Overrun
Oˊver-run′
,Verb.
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.Those barbarous nations that
overran
the world. Spenser.
2.
To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and
overran
Cushi. 2 Sam. xviii. 23.
3.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond;
as, one line
. overruns
another in length☞ In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
4.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
None of them the feeble
overran
. Spenser.
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.
Oˊver-run′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
Despised and trodden down of all that
overran
. Spenser.
2.
(Print.)
To extend beyond its due or desired length;
as, a line, or advertisement,
. overruns
Webster 1828 Edition
Overrun
OVERRUN'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To run or spread over; to grow over; to cover all over. The sluggard's farm is overrun with weeds. Some plants unchecked will soon overrun a field. The Canada thistle is overrunning the northern parts of New England, as it has overrun Normandy.2.
To march or rove over; to harass by hostile incursions; to ravage. The south of Europe was formerly overrun by the Goths, Vandals and other barbarians.3.
To outrun; to run faster than another and leave him behind.Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
2Sam. 18.
4.
To overspread with numbers. Were it not for the ibis, it has been supposed Egypt would be overrun with crocodiles.5.
To injure by treading down.6.
Among printers, to change the disposition of types and carry those of one line into another, either in correction, or in the contraction or extension of columns.OVERRUN'
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
overrun
overrun
English
Verb
overrun (third-person singular simple present overruns, present participle overrunning, simple past overran, past participle overrun) (transitive)
- To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
- To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
- Spenser
- those barbarous nations that overran the world
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
- As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.
- To run past; to run beyond.
- The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
- One line overruns another in length.
- Bible, 2. Sam. xviii. 23
- Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
- To continue for too long.
- The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
- (printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
- 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.
- To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
- Spenser
- None of them the feeble overran.
- Spenser
Translations
to defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers
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to infest, swarm over
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to readjust by shifting the excess letter(s) to the next line
to continue for too long
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Noun
overrun (plural overruns)
- An instance of overrunning
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns, and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- The amount by which something overruns
- At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
Translations
instance of overrunning
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amount by which something overruns
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