Associations to the word «Overhear»

Wiktionary

OVERHEAR, verb. To hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears.

Dictionary definition

OVERHEAR, verb. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky