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Adjective bear down has 1 sense
- beardown - with full strength; "his beardown performance in the exhibition game"
Antonym: weak (indirect, via strong)
Verb bear down has 6 senses
- drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down - exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof"
--1 is one way to press
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- charge, bear down - to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
--2 is one way to rush
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- bear down, overbear - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
--3 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- bear down - exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"
--4 is one way to fight, struggle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"
--5 is one way to stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- bear down - exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
--6 is one way to charge, saddle, burden
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
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