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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. t. [imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ]
     1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade
        and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran
        its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
                                                    --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or
        pass in running.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran
              Cushi.                                --2 Sam.
                                                    xviii. 23.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line
        overruns another in length.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its
           bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              None of them the feeble overran.      --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Print.)
        (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page
            into the next after, or next before.
        (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page)
            into the next line, column, or page.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. t. [imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ]
     1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade
        and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran
        its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
  
              Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or
        pass in running.
  
              Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran
              Cushi.                                --2 Sam.
                                                    xviii. 23.
  
     3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line
        overruns another in length.
  
     Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its
           bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
  
     4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
  
              None of them the feeble overran.      --Spenser.
  
     5. (Print.)
        (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page
            into the next after, or next before.
        (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page)
            into the next line, column, or page.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  overrun
       adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled
             by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters
             infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the
             locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
             [syn: infested, plagued]
       n : too much production or more than expected [syn: overproduction]
       v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
            [syn: infest]
       2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant
          infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
          [syn: invade, infest]
       3: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, well
          over, run over, brim over]
       4: seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran
          much of the Holy Land"
       5: run beyond  or past; "The plane overran the runway"
       [also: overrunning, overran]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  overrunning
       See overrun

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  overrunning
     vb.
     (present participle of en overrun nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  overrunning
     vb.
     (present participle of en overrun nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  overrunning
     vb.
     (present participle of en overrun nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  overrunning
     vb.
     (present participle of en overrun nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Overrunning /ˌəʊvəɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  الإجتياح

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overrunning /ˌəʊvəɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  einfallend, überrollend
   see: overrun sth., overrun, Hitler overran Poland.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overrunning /ˌəʊvəɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  überflutend, überschwemmend, überlaufend
   see: overrun sth., overrun, Rats overran the ship.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overrunning /ˌəʊvəɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  überwuchernd
     Synonym: spreading over
  
   see: overrun sth., spread over sth., overrun, spread over, Weeds overran the garden.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overrunning /ˌəʊvəɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  überziehend
     Synonyms: going over/exceeding the time limit, going longer than allowed
  
   see: go over/exceed the time limit, overrun, go longer than allowed, gone over/exceeded the time limit, overrun, gone longer than allowed, The final speaker overran by half an hour.
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈoʊvɝˌɹənɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "overrunning":
     alluvion, alluvium, cataclysm, deluge, diffusion, engulfment,
     flood, imbuement, infestation, inundation, invasion, lousiness,
     overflow, overflowing, overspreading, overswarming, penetration,
     permeation, pervasion, plague, ravage, spill, spillage, submersion,
     suffusion, swarm, swarming, teeming, the Deluge, the Flood,
     transfusion, washout, whelming
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     超曳现象; 凌驾

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