Found 2 items, similar to overran.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: overran overrun adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; “waters infested with sharks”; “shark-infested waters”; “the locust-overrun countryside”; “drug-plagued streets” [syn: infested, plagued] n : too much production or more than expected [syn: overproduction] v 1: invade in great numbers; “the roaches infested our kitchen” [syn: infest] 2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; “the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North” [syn: invade, infest] 3: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, well over , run over, brim over] 4: seize the position of and defeat; “the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land” 5: run beyond or past; “The plane overran the runway” [also: overrunning, overran] overran See overrun
English → English (gcide) Definition: Overran Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. t. [imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Those barbarous nations that overran the world. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. [1913 Webster] Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. --2 Sam. xviii. 23. [1913 Webster] 3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length. [1913 Webster] Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. [1913 Webster] 4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. [1913 Webster] None of them the feeble overran. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 5. (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. [1913 Webster]