noun
- Too much production or more than expected.
- synonyms: overproduction
verb
- Invade in great numbers.
- usage: "the roaches infested our kitchen"
- synonyms: infest
- Occupy in large numbers or live on a host.
- usage: "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
- Flow or run over (a limit or brim.
- Seize the position of and defeat.
- usage: "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
- Run beyond or past.
- usage: "The plane overran the runway"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). Overrun. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/overrun/definitions/1180158 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "Overrun" http://smartdefine.org/overrun/definitions/1180158 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, Overrun, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/overrun/definitions/1180158>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "Overrun" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/overrun/definitions/1180158> |