ALL meanings of overrun
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O o - transitive verb overrun people, animals, insects 1
- transitive verb overrun go past limit 1
- intransitive verb overrun go past time limit 1
- noun overrun expense amount 1
- transitive verb overrun expenses 1
- transitive verb overrun military: enemy 1
- abbreviation OVERRUN overflow 1
- noun Definition of overrun in Technology 1. A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 milliseconds to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost. 2. Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. "I forgot to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun." "Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message to overrun." When thrashing at tasks, the next person to make a request might be told "Overrun!" Compare firehose syndrome. 3. More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not necessarily related to processing time (as in overrun screw). 1
- verb with object overrun to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province. 1
- verb with object overrun to swarm over in great numbers, as animals, especially vermin; infest: The house had been overrun by rats. 1
- verb with object overrun to spread or grow rapidly over, as plants, especially vines, weeds, etc.: a garden overrun with weeds. 1
- verb with object overrun to attack and defeat decisively, occupying and controlling the enemy's position; overwhelm. 1
- verb with object overrun to spread rapidly throughout, as a new idea or spirit: a rekindling of scholarship that had overrun Europe. 1
- verb with object overrun to run or go beyond, as a certain limit: The new jet overran the landing field. 1
- verb with object overrun to exceed, as a budget or estimate: to overrun one's allotted time. 1
- verb with object overrun to run over; overflow: During the flood season, the river overruns its banks for several miles. 1
- verb with object overrun Printing. to print additional copies of (a book, pamphlet, etc.) in excess of the original or the usual order. to carry over (type or words) to another page. 1
- verb with object overrun Nautical. to sail past (an intended stopping or turning point) by accident. (of a ship) to complete (a schedule of calls) more rapidly than anticipated. 1
- verb with object overrun to outrun; overtake in running. 1
- verb without object overrun to run over; overflow: a stream that always overruns at springtime. 1
- verb without object overrun to exceed the proper, desired, or normal quantity, limit, order, etc.: Do you want to overrun on this next issue? 1
- noun overrun an act or instance of overrunning. 1
- noun overrun an amount in excess; surplus: an overrun of 10,000 copies of a new book. 1
- noun overrun the exceeding of estimated costs in design, development, and production, especially as estimated in a contract: a staggering overrun on the new fighter plane. 1
- noun overrun the amount exceeded: an overrun of $500,000 for each fighter plane. 1
- noun overrun a run on an item of manufacture beyond the quantity ordered by a customer and often offered at a discount. 1
- noun overrun the amount by which the volume of a food, as butter or ice cream, is increased above the original volume by the inclusion of air, water, or another substance: With only a 20 percent overrun, this is an excellent ice cream. 1
- verb overrun If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. 0
- adjective overrun If you say that a place is overrun with or by things that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there. 0
- verb overrun If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to. 0
- verb overrun If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. 0
- verb overrun Overrun is also a noun. 0
- verb overrun to attack or invade and defeat conclusively 0
- verb overrun to swarm or spread over rapidly 0
- verb overrun to run over (something); overflow 0
- verb overrun to extend or run beyond a limit 0
- verb overrun (of an engine) to run with a closed throttle at a speed dictated by that of the vehicle it drives, as on a decline 0
- verb overrun to print (a book, journal, etc) in a greater quantity than ordered 0
- verb overrun to print additional copies of (a publication) 0
- verb overrun to transfer (set type and other matter) from one column, line, or page, to another 0
- verb overrun to run faster than 0
- noun overrun the act or an instance of overrunning 0
- noun overrun the amount or extent of overrunning 0
- noun overrun the number of copies of a publication in excess of the quantity ordered 0
- noun overrun the cleared level area at the end of an airport runway 0
- verb transitive overrun to run or spread out over so as to cover 0
- verb transitive overrun to infest or swarm over, as vermin, or rove over and ravage, as an invading army 0
- verb transitive overrun to invade, defeat, or conquer by a rapid, broad advance 0
- verb transitive overrun to spread swiftly throughout, as ideas, a fad, etc. 0
- verb transitive overrun to run or extend beyond (certain limits) 0