OVERRUN
/ΙΚvΙΛΙΉΚn/
10
Scrabble
13
WWF
O(1) V(4) E(1) R(1) R(1) U(1) N(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ΙΚvΙΛΙΉΚn/
noun
- An instance of overrunning
- The amount by which something overruns“At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!”
- Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
verb
- To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
- To infest, swarm over, flow over.“The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.”
- To run past; to run beyond.“One line overruns another in length.”
- To continue for too long.“The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.”
- To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: OVERRUN-S
