Sekirov Dictionary

overrun

UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹʌn/US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹʌn/

verb 8
/ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹʌn/ noun 5
forms 5

verb8

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To run past; to run beyond.
- The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
- One line overruns another in length.
•
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- The cathedral square was overrun with tourists.
- The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
•
To continue for too long.
- The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
•
To run past the end of.
- The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
•
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.
To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
•
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
- None of them the feeble overren. — 1596

overrun

UK /ˈəʊ.vəˌɹʌn/US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹʌn/

noun5

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An instance of overrunning.
- Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns. — 2021
•
The amount by which something overruns.
- At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
•
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.
- The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.
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Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
- If ice cream has too much overrun, it will be airy and foamy and will lack flavor. — 2004
A turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column.

forms

overran · overrunning · overrunneth · overruns · overrunnest

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