Overrun vs. Underrun
Overrunverb
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
Overrunverb
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
Overrunverb
To run past; to run beyond.
Overrunverb
To continue for too long.
Overrunverb
(printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
Overrunverb
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
Overrunverb
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
Overrunnoun
An instance of overrunning.
Overrunnoun
The amount by which something overruns.
Overrunnoun
(aviation) An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
Overrunnoun
(food) Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
Overrunverb
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.
Overrunverb
To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
Overrunverb
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
Overrunverb
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
Overrunverb
To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.
Overrunverb
To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
Overrunverb
To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
Overrunnoun
too much production or more than expected
Overrunverb
invade in great numbers;
Overrunverb
occupy in large numbers or live on a host;
Overrunverb
flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Overrunverb
seize the position of and defeat;
Overrunverb
run beyond or past;
Overrunadjective
(often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers;
Underrunnoun
(accounting) A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
Underrunnoun
(computing) A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.
Underrunverb
To run or pass under.
Underrunverb
(nautical) To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
Underrunverb
(nautical) To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.
Underrunverb
To run or pass under;
