The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. t. [imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ]
   1. 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.
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            Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or
      pass in running.
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            Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran
            Cushi.                                --2 Sam.
                                                  xviii. 23.
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   3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line
      overruns another in length.
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   Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its
         bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
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   4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
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            None of them the feeble overran.      --Spenser.
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   5. (Print.)
      (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page
          into the next after, or next before.
      (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page)
          into the next line, column, or page.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. i.
   1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be
      beyond, or in excess.
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            Despised and trodden down of all that overran.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a
      line, or advertisement, overruns.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overrun
    n 1: too much production or more than expected [syn:
         overproduction, overrun]
    v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
         [syn: infest, overrun]
    2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant
       infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
       [syn: invade, overrun, infest]
    3: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow,
       overrun, well over, run over, brim over]
    4: seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much
       of the Holy Land"
    5: run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

overrun

   1. A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can
   be consumed, especially in serial line communications.  For
   example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character
   per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters
   and the machine takes longer than 2 milliseconds to get to
   service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost.

   2. Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications.  "I forgot
   to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun."  "Sorry, I got
   four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message
   to overrun."  When thrashing at tasks, the next person to
   make a request might be told "Overrun!"  Compare firehose
   syndrome.

   3. More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not
   necessarily related to processing time (as in overrun
   screw).

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The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

overrun
 n.

    1. [techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence of data arriving faster than
    it can be consumed, esp. in serial line communications. For example, at
    9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a 
    silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 msec
    to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost.

    2. Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. “I forgot to pay my
    electric bill due to mail overrun.” “Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3
    minutes last night and lost your message to overrun.” When thrashing at
    tasks, the next person to make a request might be told “Overrun!” Compare 
    firehose syndrome.

    3. More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not necessarily related
    to processing time (as in overrun screw).