"overbear" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əʊvəˈbɛː/ [UK] Forms: overbears [present, singular, third-person], overbearing [participle, present], overbore [past], overborne [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overberen}} Middle English overberen, {{prefix|en|over|bear}} over- + bear Head templates: {{en-verb|overbears|overbearing|overbore|overborne}} overbear (third-person singular simple present overbears, present participle overbearing, simple past overbore, past participle overborne)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To carry over. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overbear-en-verb-k1b57eAS Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 38 20 26 16
  2. (transitive) To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overbear-en-verb--uPBPXRN
  3. (transitive) To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overbear-en-verb-TUh2OwhL
  4. (intransitive) To produce an overabundance of fruit. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overbear-en-verb-R-WDh-Tz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 16 17 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 17 17 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overbearing

Inflected forms

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