Overrun definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OVERRUN', v.t. 1. To run or spread over; to grow ... over; to cover all over. The sluggard's farm is overrun with weeds. Some plants unchecked will soon overrun a field. The Canada thistle is overrunning the northern parts of New England, as it has overrun Normandy. 2. To march or rove over; to harass by ... hostile incursions; to ravage. The south of Europe was formerly overrun by the Goths, Vandals and other barbarians. 3. To ...
overrun or outrun definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Note: The constable ... person appointed to act as constable of special occasions. To overrun, or outrun, the constable, to spend more than one's ...
cost overrun definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: excess of cost over budget; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget"
... in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" [syn: infest, overrun] 2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host ... the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest] 3: live on or in a host, as of ... tr. (of harmful persons or things, esp. vermin or disease) overrun (a place) in large numbers. Derivatives: infestation n. Etymology: ME ... that place. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities. = overrun VERB: V n [disapproval] • infested The road further south was ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. 1. Throng, overrun, beset, take complete possession of, swarm in. 2. Disturb, annoy ... Thesaurus beset, crawl with, creep with, flood, infiltrate, inundate, invade, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plague, ravage, swarm, swarm ...
overran definitions Oxford Reference Dictionary past of OVERRUN. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Overrun O`ver*run", v. t. [imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ] 1. To run over; to ... of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. Those barbarous nations that overran the world ... length. Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. 4 ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Overran is the past tense of overrun.
Overrunning definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OVERRUN'NING, ppr. Spreading over; ravaging; changing the disposition of types ... clouds, fog and steady, light precipitation. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Overrun O`ver*run", v. t. [imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ] 1. To run over; to ... of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. Those barbarous nations that overran the world ... length. Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. 4 ...
... flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over] 2: overflow with a ... 1. Inundate, flow over. 2. Deluge, flood, overwhelm, cover, overspread, overrun. II. v. n. Overrun, run over. III. n. 1. Inundation. 2. Superabundance, exuberance, luxuriance ... overcharge, overfill, overflowing, overfreight, overfullness, overgrow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overplus, overrun, overrunning, overspill, overspread, overswarm, overweight, overwhelm, palilogy, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness ...
... the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest] 4: penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious ... know no bounds, make a raid, make an inroad, obtrude, overrun, overspread, overstep, overstep the bounds, overswarm, overwhelm, plague, play God ...
... desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun. And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and ... occlude, occupy, overabound, overbrim, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overflow, overgorge, overgrow, overrun, oversaturate, overspill, overspread, overstuff, overswarm, pack, pack away, pad, pall ...
... 5-15). 5. Fall of Damascus; Northern and Eastern Palestine Overrun: The messengers sent from Jerusalem to Nineveh appear to have ... city fell. A list of districts and cities that were overrun is given in 2Ki 15:29. It comprises Gilead beyond ...
... eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940 Merriam Webster's noun ... fortifications along the NE border of France begun in 1929, overrun in 1940. 2 a line of defence on which one ...