English to English
noun
- too much production or more than expected
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- invade in great numbers
The roaches infested our kitchen.
source: WordNet 3.0
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North.
source: WordNet 3.0
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
source: WordNet 3.0
- seize the position of and defeat
The Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land.
source: WordNet 3.0
- run beyond or past
The plane overran the runway.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
source: Webster 1913
