Word: overran
Phonetic:
/oʊ.vɚ.ɹan/Listen:
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
To infest, swarm over, flow over. Example: The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
To run past; to run beyond. Example: One line overruns another in length.
To continue for too long. Example: The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond. Example: 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.
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