overrun

verb (overrun, overruns, overran, overrunning)

«overrun» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To overrun a place is to fill it so that there is too much of something everywhere. tree →
To overrun a country is to invade it and take it over with an army. tree →

In the lessons

in stories a house is overrun with mice, or a land is overrun by war; in talk «the kitchen was overrun with ants»

Examples

A certain house was overrun with mice. tree →
The country was overrun by war. tree →
Our garden was overrun with weeds. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Nahum says God will end Nineveh with an overrunning flood, like a flood or an army that sweeps over it.

Interpretation. Tradition reads it as God's judgment on a cruel empire, showing that no power lasts if it does evil.

Examples

But with an overrunning flood He will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies. (Prophets NAM.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «overrun» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«overrun» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «overrun» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«overrun» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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