overrun

«overrun» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to fill it so that there is too much of something everywhere — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (overrun, overruns, overran, overrunning)

meaning for a pupil

1) To overrun a place is to fill it so that there is too much of something everywhere. tree →

2) To overrun a country is to invade it and take it over with an army. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• 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 →
• 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 the corpora

• But with an overrunning flood He will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overrun» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.