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Definition of Overhear
1. Verb. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers. "They overhear that there was a traffic accident "; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
Definition of Overhear
1. v. t. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
Definition of Overhear
1. Verb. To hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overhear
1. to hear without the speaker's knowledge or intention [v -HEARD, -HEARING, -HEARS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overhear
Literary usage of Overhear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country: A Record of Travel and Discovery in by Albert Bushnell Lloyd (1900)
"... —I go to see Prince Matu—I overhear an interesting conversation— Sally to the
rescue—A would-be assassin—To the Semliki Valley—A black man's gratitude—A ..."
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