overrunning

verb

1. 1

   To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.

2. 2

   To infest, swarm over, flow over.

   “The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.”

3. 3

   To run past; to run beyond.

   “One line overruns another in length.”

4. 4

   To continue for too long.

   “The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.”

5. 5

   To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.

6. 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. 7

   To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.