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Noun
S:
(n)
overproduction
,
overrun
(too much production or more than expected)
Verb
S:
(v)
infest
,
overrun
(invade in great numbers)
"the roaches infested our kitchen"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
invade
,
occupy
(march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation)
"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
infest
,
overrun
(invade in great numbers)
"the roaches infested our kitchen"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
infestation
[Related to:
infest
] (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)
W:
(n)
infestation
[Related to:
infest
] (a swarm of insects that attack plants)
"a plague of grasshoppers"
sentence frame
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
S:
(v)
invade
,
overrun
,
infest
(occupy in large numbers or live on a host)
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
S:
(v)
overflow
,
overrun
,
well over
,
run over
,
brim over
(flow or run over (a limit or brim))
S:
(v)
overrun
(seize the position of and defeat)
"the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
S:
(v)
overrun
(run beyond or past)
"The plane overran the runway"