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▸ verb: (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.
▸ verb: (transitive) To run past; to run beyond.
▸ verb: (transitive) To run past the end of.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To continue for too long.
▸ verb: (printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
▸ verb: (transitive) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
▸ verb: (transitive) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
▸ noun: An instance of overrunning.
▸ noun: The amount by which something overruns.
▸ noun: (aviation) An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
▸ noun: (food) Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
▸ Also see overrun
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