overruns

noun

  1. 1

    An instance of overrunning

  2. 2

    The amount by which something overruns

    At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
  3. 3

    Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.

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.

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