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overbear
Overview of verb overbear
The verb overbear has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. overbear -- (overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments")
2. overbear -- (bear too much)
3. bear down, overbear -- (contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery)
Grep of noun overbear
overbearingness
Antonyms of verb overbear
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overbear
3 senses of overbear
Sense 1
overbear
=> dominate
=> influence, act upon, work
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
overbear
=> bear, turn out
=> make, create
Sense 3
bear down, overbear
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb overbear
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overbear
3 senses of overbear
Sense 1
overbear
=> dominate
Sense 2
overbear
=> bear, turn out
Sense 3
bear down, overbear
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
'Cause To' of verb overbear
Derived Forms of verb overbear
Domain of verb overbear
Domain Terms of verb overbear
Familiarity of verb overbear
overbear used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb overbear
3 senses of overbear
Sense 1
overbear
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
overbear
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
bear down, overbear
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb overbear
3 senses of overbear
Sense 1
overbear
> dominate
=> overbear
=> possess
Sense 2
overbear
> bear, turn out
=> spin off
=> seed
=> crop
=> overbear
=> fruit
Sense 3
bear down, overbear
> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> choke, strangle
=> prim
=> astringe
=> strangulate
=> convulse
=> convulse
=> bear down, overbear
=> choke, gag, fret
=> choke, scrag
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb overbear
Sense 1
overbear
=> dominate
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Sense 2
overbear
=> bear, turn out
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Sense 3
bear down, overbear
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
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Grep of verb overbear
overbear
Grep of adj overbear
overbearing
Grep of adv overbear
overbearingly
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