Definitions of overrun [ˌoʊ vərˈrul]

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Definition of 'overrun'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) overrun
to swarm or spread over in great numbers.

2.  overrun
to attack and defeat decisively and occupy the position of; overwhelm.

3.  overrun
to run or go beyond:
to overrun the finish line; .

4.  overrun
to exceed, as a budget or estimate.

5.  overrun
to run over; overflow.

6.  overrun
to print extra copies of.

7. (v.i.) overrun
to overflow.

8.  overrun
to exceed the proper or desired limits.

9. (n.) overrun
an act or instance of overrunning.

10.  overrun
an amount in excess of that needed.

11.  overrun
the exceeding of estimated costs of production.

Etymology: (bef. 900)

Definition of 'overrun'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) overproduction, overrun
too much production or more than expected

2. (verb) infest, overrun
invade in great numbers
"the roaches infested our kitchen"

3. (verb) invade, overrun, infest
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

4. (verb) overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over
flow or run over (a limit or brim)

5. (verb) overrun
seize the position of and defeat
"the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

6. (verb) overrun
run beyond or past
"The plane overran the runway"

Definitions of 'overrun'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. overrun
1. [techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, esp. 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 msec 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).

Translation of 'overrun'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fill, occupy or take possession of The house was overrun with mice.
Afrikaans: wemel, krioel, vervuil	Arabic: يَكْتَسِح، يَجْتاح	Bulgarian: гъмжа
Brazilian: infestar	Czech: zaplavit	German: überschwemmen
Danish: oversvømme	Greek: κατακλύζω, καταλαμβάνω	Spanish: invadir, tomar; estar pla
Estonian: vallutama	Farsi: فرا گرفتن؛ اشغال کردن	Finnish: vallata
French: envahir, occuper	Hebrew: לִפשוֹט עַל-	Hindi: पूरी तरह कब्जा कर लेना
Croatian: preplaviti, zauzeti	Hungarian: elborít	Indonesian: memenuhi
Icelandic: leggja undir sig, yfirtak	Italian: invadere, infestare	Japanese: ～にはびこる
Korean: 들끓다, 범람하다	Lithuanian: užplūsti	Latvian: iebrukt; pārņemt
Malay: menyerang	Dutch: overstromen	Norwegian: kry av, oversvømme
Polish: opanować	Persian: فرا گرفتن؛ اشغال کردن	Pashto: كول ډك
Portuguese: infestar	Romanian: a invada; a năpădi	Russian: захватывать, занимать; ки
Slovak: zaplaviť	Slovenian: preplaviti	Serbian: preplaviti
Swedish: bre ut sigöver, invadera	Thai: ยึดครอง	Turkish: istilâ etmek, kaplamak, s
Taiwanese: 佔領，侵擾	Ukrainian: кишіти	Urdu: بھرا ہونا، قبضہ ميں ہونا
Vietnamese: chiếm hữu	Chinese: 占领，侵扰
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