overrun Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun too much production or more than expected
overproduction.
verb invade in great numbers
infest.
- the roaches infested our kitchen
verb occupy in large numbers or live on a host
infest; invade.
- the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
verb flow or run over (a limit or brim)
run over; overflow; well over; brim over.
verb seize the position of and defeat
- the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land
verb run beyond or past
- The plane overran the runway

imperfect Overran ; past participle Overrun; present participle & verbal noun Overrunning

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.
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.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length. ✍ In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
None of them the feeble overran. Spenser.
(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.

To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
Despised and trodden down of all that overran. Spenser.
(Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.