Overrun - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host (syn: infest, invade)
- flow or run over (a limit or brim) (syn: brim over, overflow, run over)
- seize the position of and defeat
- run beyond or past
Extra examples
The tank divisions overran the countryside.
The city was being overrun by enemy troops.
The plane overran the runway.
His speech overran the time allowed.
The talks overran their allotted time.
I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy.
A general flood of waters would necessarily overrun the whole earth.
The house was overrun with mice.
The final speaker overran by at least half an hour.
Poland was overrun by the Russian army.
Costs overran the budget by about 30%.
Overrun is copies surplus to the number ordered.
...the remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: overrun
he/she/it: overruns
present participle: overrunning
past tense: overran
past participle: overrun
singular: overrun
plural: overruns
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