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overbear
[ oh-ver-bair ]
verb (used with object)
- to bear over or down by weight or force:
With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- to overcome or overwhelm:
A spirited defense had overborne the enemy attack.
- to prevail over or overrule (wishes, objections, etc.):
She overbore all objections to the new plan.
- to treat in a domineering way; dominate:
to overbear one's children with threats of violence.
- Nautical. (of a sailing ship) to have the advantage of (another sailing ship) because of an ability to carry more canvas safely.
verb (used without object)
- to produce fruit or progeny so abundantly as to impair the health.
overbear
/ ˌəʊəˈɛə /
verb
- tr to dominate or overcome
to overbear objections
- tr to press or bear down with weight or physical force
- to produce or bear (fruit, progeny, etc) excessively
Other 51Թ Forms
- v·İ noun
Example Sentences
New Zealand's commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned as a government minister after he "placed a hand" on a staff member's upper arm last week, in what he described as "overbearing" behaviour.
The show sees Lucy Punch reprise her role as Amanda, the overbearing and competitive mother who was a viewer favourite in the original series.
Watts was "obsessed" with Sansom, but it was not a case of "one person's will being overborne by another", the judge added.
His father, Dave, was a salesman who never recovered from the Great Depression; the breadwinner was his mother, Rhoda, a fashion sketch artist whose overbearing nature left track marks on his psyche.
Henry is overprotective while Mary is overbearing and suffering from artist’s block.
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