v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; | |
2. | To overflow; to surcharge. | |
3. | To come or pass over; to spread over. | |
v. i. | 1. | To gain the superiority; to be victorious. |
Verb | 1. | overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
2. | overcome - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" | |
3. | overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | |
4. | overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" Synonyms: get the best, have the best | |
Adj. | 1. | overcome - rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" |