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Overrun
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- 1 An instance of overrunning. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 too much production or more than expected wordnet
- 3 The amount by which something overruns. countable, uncountable
"At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!"
- 4 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. countable, uncountable
"The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun."
- 5 Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat. countable, uncountable
"If ice cream has too much overrun, it will be airy and foamy and will lack flavor."
- 1 To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively. transitive
- 2 run beyond or past wordnet
- 3 To infest, swarm over, flow over. transitive
"The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds."
- 4 seize the position of and defeat wordnet
- 5 To run past; to run beyond. transitive
"The athlete overran the finish line and kept going."
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- 6 invade in great numbers wordnet
- 7 To run past; to run beyond.; To run past the end of. transitive
"The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway."
- 8 flow or run over (a limit or brim) wordnet
- 9 To continue for too long. intransitive
"The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home."
- 10 occupy in large numbers or live on a host wordnet
- 11 To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
- 12 To go beyond; to extend in part beyond. transitive
"In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it."
- 13 To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. transitive
"None of them the feeble overren."
Etymology
From over- + run.
From over- + run.
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