'overrun' definitions:
Definition of 'overrun'
(from WordNet)
noun
Too much production or more than expected [syn: overproduction, overrun]
verb
Invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" [syn: infest, overrun]
verb
Occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest]
verb
verb
Seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
verb
Run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
Synonyms of 'overrun'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adopt,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- attack,
- balance,
- beat,
- beset,
- bespread,
- blitz,
- bonus,
- branch,
- branch out,
- bud,
- burgeon,
- burst forth,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- clobber,
- colonize,
- compose,
- conquer,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- defeat,
- deluge,
- dense,
- deploy,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- diffuse,
- disperse,
- dividend,
- drub,
- engulf,
- enslave,
- exaggerate,
- exaggeration,
- exceed,
- excess,
- expand,
- extend,
- extend throughout,
- extra,
- exuberant,
- fan,
- fan out,
- fill,
- flare,
- flood,
- flourish,
- flourishing,
- foray,
- gemmate,
- germinate,
- go beyond,
- gratuity,
- gross,
- grow,
- grow rank,
- harry,
- heavy,
- hit and run,
- hog,
- honeycomb,
- imbue,
- impenetrable,
- impose,
- indent,
- infest,
- inroad,
- inundate,
- inundation,
- invade,
- jump a claim,
- jungled,
- jungly,
- justify,
- know no bounds,
- lagniappe,
- lambaste,
- leaf,
- leaf out,
- leave,
- leave no void,
- leaven,
- leftover,
- lick,
- lush,
- luxuriant,
- luxuriate,
- make free with,
- make up,
- make use of,
- maraud,
- margin,
- monopolize,
- occupy,
- open,
- open up,
- outspread,
- outstep,
- outstretch,
- overabound,
- overage,
- overbrim,
- overdo,
- overfill,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- overgo,
- overgrow,
- overgrown,
- overgrowth,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overmeasure,
- overpass,
- overplus,
- overreach,
- override,
- overrunning,
- overset,
- overshoot,
- overshoot the field,
- overshoot the mark,
- overspill,
- overspread,
- overspreading,
- overstep,
- overstock,
- overstride,
- oversupply,
- overswarm,
- overwhelm,
- pass,
- penetrate,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pi,
- pi a form,
- pillage,
- plague,
- plunder,
- plus,
- pour out,
- pour over,
- pourboire,
- preempt,
- preoccupy,
- prepossess,
- pullulate,
- put forth,
- put forth leaves,
- put out buds,
- raid,
- ramify,
- rank,
- ravage,
- remainder,
- requisition,
- ride down,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- riot,
- riotous,
- root,
- run down,
- run over,
- run riot,
- run through,
- sack,
- scourge,
- set,
- set in print,
- shoot,
- shoot up,
- sit on,
- slop,
- slosh,
- smear,
- something extra,
- spare,
- spill,
- spill out,
- spill over,
- splay,
- spraddle,
- sprangle,
- sprawl,
- spread,
- spread like wildfire,
- spread out,
- sprout,
- sprout up,
- squat on,
- storm,
- strike root,
- strip,
- subjugate,
- submerge,
- suffuse,
- superabound,
- superiority,
- surpass,
- surplus,
- surplusage,
- swamp,
- swarm,
- swarm with,
- sweep,
- take all of,
- take it all,
- take over,
- take possession of,
- take root,
- take up,
- teem,
- teem with,
- thick,
- thrash,
- tip,
- trample,
- trample on,
- trample underfoot,
- trample upon,
- transcend,
- transfuse,
- tread upon,
- trim,
- unfold,
- unweeded,
- upspear,
- upsprout,
- usurp,
- vandalize,
- vegetate,
- weed-choked,
- weed-ridden,
- weedy,
- whelm,
- widen