OVERRUN

overrun

Noun

  1. An instance of overrunning
  2. The amount by which something overruns
    ''At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanagable as last year!

Verb

  1. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his 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.
    The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
    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.


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