| VERB | motion | overrun, infest | invade in great numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | overrun, invade, infest | occupy in large numbers or live on a host | |
| motion | overrun, overflow, well over, run over, brim over | flow or run over (a limit or brim) | |
| competition | overrun | seize the position of and defeat | |
| cognition | overrun | run beyond or past | |
| NOUN | act | overrun, overproduction | too much production or more than expected |
| Sounds | ow'verrah.n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Too much production or more than expected. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | overproduction | |
| Broader | production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale |
| Spanish | sobreproducción, superproducción | |
| Catalan | sobreproducció, superproducció | |
| Verbs | overrun | flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| Meaning | invade in great numbers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | infest | |
| Broader | invade, occupy | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation |
| Spanish | infestar, plagar | |
| Meaning | Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | invade, infest | |
| Broader | inhabit | Be present in |
| Spanish | invadir | |
| Catalan | envair, infestar | |
| Meaning | Flow or run over (a limit or brim) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | overflow, well over, run over, brim over | |
| Entails | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Narrower | geyser | To overflow like a geyser |
| Broader | spill, run out | Flow, run or fall out and become lost |
| Spanish | desbordarse | |
| Catalan | desbordar-se | |
| Nouns | overrun | too much production or more than expected |
| Meaning | seize the position of and defeat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
| Meaning | Run beyond or past. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | overshoot | aim too high |
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