English-Thai Dictionary

overrun

VT บุกรุก  ล่วงล้ำ  รุกล้ำ  invade occupy buk-ruk

 

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 outrun; to run faster than another and leave him behind.
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Samuel 18:23.
4. To overspread with numbers. Were it not for the ibis, it has been supposed Egypt would be overrun with crocodiles.
5. To injure by treading down.
6. Among printers, to change the disposition of types and carry those of one line into another, either in correction, or in the contraction or extension of columns.

 

OVERRUN

v.i.To overflow; to run over.

 

OVERRUNNER

n.One that overruns.

 

OVERRUNNING

ppr. Spreading over; ravaging; changing the disposition of types.

 

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 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. Those barbarous nations that overran the world. Spenser.

 

2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Sam. xviii. 23.

 

3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.

 

Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.

 

4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. None of them the feeble overran. Spenser.

 

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.

 

OVERRUN

OVERRUN O `ver *run ", v. i.

 

1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. Despised and trodden down of all that overran. Spenser.

 

2. (Print. )

 

Defn: To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.

 

OVERRUNNER

OVERRUNNER O `ver *run "ner, n.

 

Defn: One that overruns. Lovelace.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

overrun

o ver run ▶verb |ˌōvərˈrən ˈˌoʊvərˈˌrən | ( overruns, overrunning; past overran; past participle overrun ) [ with obj. ] 1 spread over or occupy (a place ) in large numbers: the Mediterranean has been overrun by tourists | the northern frontier was overrun by invaders. • move or extend over or beyond: let the text overrun the right-hand margin. • run over or beyond (a thing or place ): she overran third base. • rotate faster than (another part of a machine ): (as adj. overrunning ) : an overrunning clutch. 2 continue beyond or above (an expected or allowed time or cost ): he mustn't overrun his budget. ▶noun |ˈōvərˌrən ˈəʊvərʌn | 1 an instance of something exceeding an expected or allowed time or cost: an unexpectedly large cost overrun in the program. 2 the movement or extension of something beyond an allotted or particular position or space: the system acts as a brake to prevent cable overrun. • a clear area beyond the end of an airport runway. 3 the movement of a vehicle at a speed greater than is imparted by the engine. ORIGIN Old English oferyrnan (see over-, run ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

overrun

over |run ▶verb |əʊvəˈrʌn | ( overruns, overrunning; past overran; past participle overrun ) 1 [ with obj. ] spread over or occupy (a place ) in large numbers: the Mediterranean has been overrun by tourists | the northern frontier was overrun by invaders. • move or extend over or beyond: let the text overrun the right-hand margin. • run over or beyond: Rufus overran third base. • rotate faster than (another part of a machine ). 2 [ no obj. ] continue beyond or above an expected or allowed time or cost: he allowed the match to overrun by 2 minutes | [ with obj. ] : he mustn't overrun his budget. ▶noun |ˈəʊvərʌn | 1 an instance of something exceeding an expected or allowed time or cost: the cost overrun caused the company's share price to fall. 2 [ mass noun ] the movement or extension of something beyond an expected or allotted position. • [ count noun ] a clear area beyond the end of a runway. 3 [ mass noun ] the movement of a vehicle at a speed greater than is imparted by the engine. ORIGIN Old English oferyrnan (see over-, run ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

overrun

overrun verb 1 guerrillas overran the barracks: invade, storm, occupy, swarm into, surge into, inundate, overwhelm. 2 the talks overran the deadline: exceed, go beyond /over, run over.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

overrun

overrun verb 1 guerrillas overran the principal military barracks: invade, storm, march into, occupy, infest, swarm over, surge over, flow over, inundate, swamp, overwhelm, permeate, penetrate, spread over, spread like wildfire over, run riot over, overgrow, grow over. 2 the talks overran the deadline for an agreement: exceed, go beyond, go over, last longer than, overshoot, run over.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

overrun

ò ver r ú n 動詞 →run 他動詞 1 〈軍隊が 〉またたくまに 〈土地 〉を占領する .2 〖be ～〗〈建物 地域が 〉【望ましくないもので 】一杯になる, あふれかえる «with , by » .3 〈飛行機が 〉〈滑走路 〉をオーバーランする .自動詞 1 〈行事 会議 演説が 〉【ある時間だけ 】長引く, 延長される «by » .2 〈費用が 〉 (予定より )高くつく, 足が出る .名詞 /-́--̀ /C 超過 ; オーバーラン .