Overbear

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To crush or press down on with physical force.
  • v. To prevail over, as if by superior weight or force; dominate.
  • v. To be more important than; outweigh.
  • verb-intransitive. To bear an overabundance of fruit or offspring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To crush or press down on with physical force.
  • v. To prevail over, as if by superior weight or force; dominate.
  • v. To be more important than; outweigh.
  • v. To bear an overabundance of fruit or offspring.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
  • v. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.
  • verb-intransitive. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bear down; overpower; bring under; overwhelm; overcome by superior force: literally or figuratively.
  • To bear or impel across or along.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. overcome
  • v. bear too much
  • v. contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
  • Verb Form
    overbearing    overbears    overbore    overborne   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dominate    bear    turn-out    compress    press    compact    squeeze    contract    constrict   
    Cross Reference
    intimidate    bully   
    Variant
    overbore    overborne   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    overcome    suppress   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts