overbear

overbear is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
2. transitive verb. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.
3. intransitive verb. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
4. verb. contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
5. verb. bear too much
6. verb. overcome

   "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"

Common word forms

overbears, overbearer, overbearing

Words from these letters

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