Overrun
WordNet
adjective
(1) (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"
noun
(2) Too much production or more than expected
verb
(3) Run beyond or past
"The plane overran the runway"
(4) Seize the position of and defeat
"The Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
(5) Invade in great numbers
"The roaches infested our kitchen"
(6) Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
(7) Occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
- To infest, swarm over, flow over
- To run past; exceed
- To continue for too long.
- To readjust by shifting the excess letter(s) to the next line of a set type
Noun
- An instance of overrunning
- The amount by which something overruns
- At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanagable as last year!