1. Exceed (a planned time or cost)
   "The project overran its budget by millions"
    
2. Invade in great numbers
   "the roaches overran our kitchen";
   - infest
    
3. Occupy in large numbers or live on a host
   "the Kudzu plant overruns much of the South and is spreading to the North";
   - invade, infest
    
4. Seize the position of and defeat
   "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
    
5. Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
   "The bathtub overran, flooding the bathroom";
   - overflow, well over, run over, brim over
    
6. Run beyond or past
   "The plane overran the runway"

1. Too much production or more than expected
   "overrun of crops led to a drop in prices";
   - overproduction
    
2. An instance of exceeding a planned time or budget
   "The construction project had a six-month overrun"

Derived forms: overrun, overran, overrunning, overruns

Type of: defeat, get the better of, inhabit, invade, occupy, overcome, overshoot, production, run out, spill

Encyclopedia: Overrun