"overrun" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊ.vəˌɹʌn/ [UK], /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹʌn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overrun.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overrun2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overruns [plural]
Etymology: over- + run. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|run}} over- + run Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overrun (countable and uncountable, plural overruns)
  1. An instance of overrunning. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (instance of overrunning): overrompeling (Dutch), overschrijding (Dutch), overstroming (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-noun-QOUSJxby Disambiguation of 'instance of overrunning': 88 3 7 2
  2. The amount by which something overruns. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (amount by which something overruns): overschrijding (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-noun--24Se1Be Disambiguation of 'amount by which something overruns': 3 93 1 2
  3. (aviation) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-noun-TTKWN-oS Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (food) Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-noun-DuP2wQNa Topics: food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: runway safety area, stopway Derived forms: buffer overrun, cost overrun

Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹʌn/ [UK], /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹʌn/ [US] Forms: overruns [present, singular, third-person], overrunning [participle, present], overran [past], overrun [participle, past]
Etymology: over- + run. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|run}} over- + run Head templates: {{en-verb|overruns|overrunning|overran|overrun}} overrun (third-person singular simple present overruns, present participle overrunning, simple past overran, past participle overrun)
  1. (transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively. Tags: transitive Translations (to defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers): onder de voet lopen (Dutch), overstromen (Dutch), überrennen (German)
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-HN7YUGlR Disambiguation of 'to defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers': 84 3 3 3 1 1 5 1
  2. (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over. Tags: transitive Translations (to infest, swarm over): zamořit [perfective] (Czech), zaplavit [perfective] (Czech), zatopit [perfective] (Czech), onder de voet lopen (Dutch), overrompelen (Dutch), zwermen over (Dutch), overstromen (Dutch), befallen (German), überschwemmen (German), überhäufen (German), pokipoki (Maori), kōwaowao (Maori), infestar (Portuguese), översvämma (Swedish), istila etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-H8MCMXTH Disambiguation of 'to infest, swarm over': 5 68 6 6 2 2 9 2
  3. (transitive) To run past; to run beyond. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-scWdSYPA
  4. (transitive) To run past; to run beyond.
    (transitive) To run past the end of.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-~GquepsI
  5. (intransitive) To continue for too long. Tags: intransitive Translations (to continue for too long — see also run over): přetáhnout [perfective] (Czech), protáhnout se [perfective] (Czech), te lang doorbijlopen (Dutch), überziehen (German), überschreiten (German), pretiahnuť [perfective] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-JCTnMe2J Disambiguation of 'to continue for too long — see also run over': 4 7 8 12 46 3 18 2
  6. (printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-QMZJCA7W Topics: media, printing, publishing
  7. (transitive) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-pu~mYGBc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 1 18 3 6 2 2 17 9 1 28 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 1 19 5 5 2 2 13 7 1 34 1 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 10 3 14 4 6 3 5 16 8 2 26 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 6 5 9 7 7 14 10 10 5 3 19 4
  8. (transitive) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overrun-en-verb-gWtTg89N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overrun the constable Translations (to run past, exceed): overschijden (Dutch), voorbijlopen (Dutch), inhalen (Dutch), überschreiten (German)
Disambiguation of 'to run past, exceed': 1 1 41 41 1 1 13 1

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          "ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times",
          "text": "As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.",
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          "ref": "1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138",
          "text": "The collision occurred when an up empty electric train travelling on the up main through line overran the inner home signal and rammed the side of the departing 6.14 p.m. Waterloo-Weymouth steam train, which was leaving platform 12 for the down main through line.",
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          "text": "The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home."
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        "(printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page."
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          "ref": "2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times",
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          "ref": "December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine",
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          "sense": "instance of overrunning",
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overrun2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-overrun2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "runway safety area"
    },
    {
      "word": "stopway"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "instance of overrunning",
      "word": "overrompeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "instance of overrunning",
      "word": "overschrijding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "instance of overrunning",
      "word": "overstroming"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "amount by which something overruns",
      "word": "overschrijding"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overrun"
}

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