transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)paʊə(r) ]
( overpowers, overpowering, overpowered)
1.
If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot.
It took ten guardsmen to overpower him...
VERB : V n
2.
If a feeling overpowers you, it suddenly affects you very strongly.
A sudden dizziness overpowered him...
= overwhelm
VERB : V n
3.
In a sports match, when one team or player overpowers the other, they play much better than them and beat them easily.
Britain’s tennis No 1 yesterday overpowered American Brian Garrow 7-6, 6-3.
VERB : V n
4.
If something such as a colour or flavour overpowers another colour or flavour, it is so strong that it makes the second one less noticeable.
On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to overpower your colouring.
= overwhelm
VERB : V n