overhear
/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/ verb B2- To hear something that was not meant for one's ears. · I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.
He/she/it overhears · Past overheard · Past participle overheard · -ing form overhearing
Verb forms
- Base form
- overhear
- He/she/it
- overhears
- Past
- overheard
- Past participle
- overheard
- -ing form
- overhearing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Andrea; we can chat better in-doors, and there is no coachman to overhear our conversation.”
They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches.
“Anne,” he whispered, as if afraid of being overheard, “how are you making it, Anne?”
Darcy had been standing near enough for her to overhear a conversation between him and Mr.
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