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English to English noun
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too much production or more than expected |  | source: wordnet30 verb
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invade in great numbers | | Example: the roaches infested our kitchen
source: wordnet30
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occupy in large numbers or live on a host | | Example: the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
source: wordnet30
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flow or run over (a limit or brim) | | source: wordnet30
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seize the position of and defeat | | Example: the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land
source: wordnet30
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run beyond or past | | Example: The plane overran the runway
source: wordnet30
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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: webster1913
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To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. | | source: webster1913
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