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overran 音标拼音: ['ovɚr'æn] overrun的过去形 overrun的过去形 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. [ 1913 Webster] Those barbarous nations that overran the world. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. [ 1913 Webster] Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. -- 2 Sam. xviii. 23. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. [ 1913 Webster] None of them the feeble overran. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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