overrun
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
food
lifestyle
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
printing
publishing
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English run
English overrun
From over- + run.
Inflected forms:
form: overruns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overrunning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overran
pos: verb
tags: past
form: overrun
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: over-run
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: overruns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: over-run
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead.
gloss: To infest, swarm over, flow over.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
those barbarous nations that over-ran the world
As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.
gloss: To run past; to run beyond.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
One line overruns another in length.
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
The collision occurred when an up empty electric train travelling on the up main through line overran the inner home signal and rammed the side of the departing 6.14 p.m. Waterloo-Weymouth steam train, which was leaving platform 12 for the down main through line.
gloss: To run past; to run beyond.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
gloss: To continue for too long.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
gloss: To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
all of these services, including mSpy, function with the same kind of predatory subscription scheme, luring you in with free trials that autorenew as abhorrently expensive monthly or yearly subscriptions. canceling the service requires reaching out to support, so users are typically unable to avoid overrunning the trial.
gloss: To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: None of them the feeble overren.
Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States' support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong.
gloss: An instance of overrunning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns, and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns.
gloss: An instance of overrunning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The amount by which something overruns.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
gloss: An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.
gloss: Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: If ice cream has too much overrun, it will be airy and foamy and will lack flavor.
Derived words: overrunner
overrun the constable
buffer overrun
cost overrun
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: overschijden
lang: Dutch
word: voorbijlopen
lang: Dutch
word: inhalen
lang: German
word: überschreiten
lang: Dutch
word: overrompeling
lang: Dutch
word: overschrijding
lang: Dutch
word: overstroming
lang: Spanish
word: excedimiento