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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers;
- Example: "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
[syn: catch, take in, overhear]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overhear \O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.] [AS. oferhi['e]ran.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To hear again. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overhear v 1: hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" [syn: catch, take in, overhear]