overhear : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overhear	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for overhear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overhear v hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" Synonym(s): catch, take in, overhear
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overhear \O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overheard}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overhearing}.] [AS. oferhi[82]ran.] 1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. --Shak. 2. To hear again. --ShaK.