overbear
To push through by physical weight or strengthTo push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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4 senses(transitive)To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome.
(transitive)To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress.
(intransitive)To produce an overabundance of fruit.
(obsolete, transitive)To carry over.
- bear too much
- overcome
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
Examples
12 sentencesAm I being overbearing?
Mary is an overbearing mother.
Most people can't handle my overbearing personality.
I feel an overbearing emptiness inside of me.
Tom can be overbearing, but he's a generous man.
Origin
From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.
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Forms
overbears, overbearing, overbore, overborneSynonyms
1 synonyms- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery:bear down
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.