Definitions for overrun

Definitions for (noun) overrun

Main entry: overproduction, overrun

Definition: too much production or more than expected


Definitions for (verb) overrun

Main entry: overrun

Definition: run beyond or past

Usage: The plane overran the runway


Main entry: overrun

Definition: seize the position of and defeat

Usage: the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land


Main entry: overrun, infest

Definition: invade in great numbers

Usage: the roaches infested our kitchen


Main entry: run over, brim over, well over, overflow, overrun

Definition: flow or run over (a limit or brim)


Main entry: infest, invade, overrun

Definition: occupy in large numbers or live on a host

Usage: the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North


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