[{"word":"overrun","phonetic":"/əʊvəˈɹʌn/","phonetics":[{"text":"/əʊvəˈɹʌn/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/overrun-uk.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89012069","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}},{"text":"/oʊvəˈɹʌn/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An instance of overrunning","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The amount by which something overruns","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!"},{"definition":"Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To infest, swarm over, flow over.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds."},{"definition":"To run past; to run beyond.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"One line overruns another in length."},{"definition":"To continue for too long.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home."},{"definition":"To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it."},{"definition":"To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overrun"]}]