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bear down

/ bear down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
exert a force or cause a strain upon
"This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
Type of:
charge saddle burden
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
pay special attention to
"The lectures bore down on the political background"
Type of:
stress emphasize emphasise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
exert full strength
"The pitcher bore down"
Type of:
fight struggle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
baseball baseball game ball
verb Sense 4
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
Type of:
compress constrict squeeze
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
"he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
Type of:
rush
Derived:
charger charge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 6
exert a force with a heavy weight
"The snow bore down on the roof"
Type of:
press
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
63%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

charge saddle burden stress emphasize emphasise fight struggle compress constrict squeeze rush