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Overruns

An instance of overrunning

📖 Definitions of "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."

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