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overrun 1, verb(dictionary)
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overrun verb. , pa. pple usu. -run. OE.
[from OVER- + RUN verb.]
verb trans.
a. Run over, cross or traverse by running. OE-M17.
W. Drummond Mountains, dales, and plains I over-run.
b. Of water etc.: flow over or across; esp. flood (land etc.). LME
verb trans. Go or look rapidly through or over (a book, subject, etc.), esp. cursorily. OE-M17.
verb trans. Overwhelm forcibly (lit. & fig.); run down, trample underfoot. OE-M17.
verb intrans. Of a container, liquid, etc.: overflow. ME.
verb trans. Ride over or traverse (hostile or enemy country) with an armed force, conquer or ravage (territory). ME.
C. C. Trench Saxe proceeded to overrun most of Flanders.
verb trans. Spread or grow widely over (land etc.), esp. harmfully; (of vermin, weeds, etc.) swarm or spread profusely over. Freq. in pass. (foll. by with). LME.
W. Irving The mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy.
verb trans.
a. Run faster than, outrun; fig. surpass. Now chiefly Mechanics, rotate faster than. LME.
overrunning clutch a clutch in which the driven part can rotate faster than the driving part. overrun oneself run too far or beyond one's strength, overreach oneself.
b. Run away from, escape by running; fig. leave unfinished. obsolete exc. dial. and in overrun the constable: see CONSTABLE noun 4. L16.
verb intrans. Of time: run to an end, run out. LME-E16.
verb trans. & intrans. Of time, expenditure, production, etc.: exceed (a certain point, limit, quantity, etc.). L16.
Sunday Express Borge overran by 15 minutesand was kept on the air. M. Scammell I overran deadline after deadline.
verb trans. & intrans. Typography. Carry over (text) on to another line or page to allow for insertions or excisions; (cause to) run over. L17.
verb trans. Operate (a mechanism etc.) excessively; cause (something) to work too frequently or at too high a rate. L19.
overrunner noun LME.
overrunningly adverb (rare) in an overrunning manner M16.