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• crawling withpredicate overrun with swarming swarming withpredicate teeming teeming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overrun — v. /oh veuhr run /; n. /oh veuhr run /, v., overran, overrun, overrunning, n. v.t. 1. to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province. 2. to swarm over in great numbers, as animals, esp …   Universalium

• overrun — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)rʌ̱n[/t]] overruns, overrunning, overran also over run 1) VERB If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. [V n] A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the… …   English dictionary

• overrun — o|ver|run1 [ˌəuvəˈrʌn US ˌou ] v past tense overran [ ˈræn] past participle overrun present participle overrunning 1.) [T usually passive] if unwanted things or people overrun a place, they spread over it in great numbers be overrun by/with sth ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• overrun — adj. overrun with (overrun with weeds) * * * [ˌəʊvə rʌn] overrun with (overrun with weeds) …   Combinatory dictionary

• overrun — I UK [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn] / US [ˌoʊvərˈrʌn] verb Word forms overrun : present tense I/you/we/they overrun he/she/it overruns present participle overrunning past tense overran UK [ˌəʊvəˈræn] / US [ˌoʊvərˈræn] past participle overrun 1)… …   English dictionary

• overrun — verb past tense overran, past participle overrun 1 (T) if something unwanted overruns a place or area, it spreads over it in great numbers: Rats had overrun the barn in the few years since we d been there. | overrun by/with: a tiny island overrun …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• overrun — o|ver|run1 [ ,ouvər rʌn ] (past tense o|ver|ran [ ,ouvər ræn ] ; past participle o|ver|run) verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take more time, space, or money than was intended 2. ) transitive to defeat an enemy in war and take the land they …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• overrun — [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn] (past tense overran [ˌəʊvəˈræn] ; past participle overrun) verb 1) [I/T] British to take more time or money than was intended 2) [T] to be present in a place in very large numbers, in a way that is unpleasant The mall was overrun with …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English