Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - overrun
Overrun
overrun
v. & n. --v.tr. (-running; past -ran; past part. -run) 1 (of vermin, weeds, etc.) swarm or spread over. 2 conquer or ravage (territory) by force. 3 (of time, expenditure, production, etc.) exceed (a fixed limit). 4 Printing carry over (a word etc.) to the next line or page. 5 Mech. rotate faster than. 6 flood (land). --n. 1 an instance of overrunning. 2 the amount of this. 3 the movement of a vehicle at a speed greater than is imparted by the engine. Etymology: OE oferyrnan (as OVER-, RUN)
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I. transitive verb (overran; -run; -running) Date: before 12th century 1. a. to defeat decisively and occupy the positions of, to invade and occupy or ravage, to spread or swarm over ; infest, 2. to run or go beyond or past , exceed , to readjust (set type) by shifting letters or words from one line into another, to flow over , II. noun Date: 1898 an act or instance of ~ning, the amount by which something ~s, a run in excess of the quantity ordered by a customer ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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