ALL meanings of bear down
bear down
B b - phrasal verb bear down If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way. 3
- phrasal verb bear down To bear down on something means to push or press downwards with steady pressure. 3
- verb bear down to press or weigh down 3
- verb bear down to approach in a determined or threatening manner 3
- verb bear down (of a vessel) to make an approach (to another vessel, obstacle, etc) from windward 3
- verb bear down (of a woman during childbirth) to exert a voluntary muscular pressure to assist delivery 3
- noun bear down to press or push down; exert pressure 3
- noun bear down to make a strong effort 3
- verb with object bear down to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof. 1
- verb with object bear down to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight. 1
- verb with object bear down to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child. 1
- verb with object bear down to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit. 1
- verb with object bear down to hold up under; be capable of: His claim doesn't bear close examination. 1
- verb with object bear down to press or push against: The crowd was borne back by the police. 1
- verb with object bear down to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.): to bear oneself erectly. 1
- verb with object bear down to conduct (oneself): to bear oneself bravely. 1
- verb with object bear down to suffer; endure; undergo: to bear the blame. 1
- verb with object bear down to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified): I can't bear your nagging. I can hardly bear to see her suffering so. 1
- verb with object bear down to be fit for or worthy of: It doesn't bear repeating. 1
- verb with object bear down to carry; bring: to bear gifts. 1
- verb with object bear down to carry in the mind or heart: to bear love; to bear malice. 1
- verb with object bear down to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.). 1
- verb with object bear down to render; afford; give: to bear witness; to bear testimony. 1
- verb with object bear down to lead; guide; take: They bore him home. 1
- verb with object bear down to have and be entitled to: to bear title. 1
- verb with object bear down to exhibit; show: to bear a resemblance. 1
- verb with object bear down to accept or have, as an obligation: to bear responsibility; to bear the cost. 1
- verb with object bear down to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively: the relation that price bears to profit. 1
- verb with object bear down to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on: to bear traces; to bear an inscription. 1
- verb with object bear down to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway. 1
- verb without object bear down to tend in a course or direction; move; go: to bear west; to bear left at the fork in the road. 1
- verb without object bear down to be located or situated: The lighthouse bears due north. 1
- verb without object bear down to bring forth young or fruit: Next year the tree will bear. 1
- idioms bear down bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose: Pressure was brought to bear on those with overdue accounts. 1
- intransitivephrasal verbs bear down apply pressure, concentrate 1
- noun bear down Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear1. Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. Borne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: Anna had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs only in passive constructions: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. A strange desire was born of the tragic experience. Born is also an adjective meaning “by birth,” “innate,” or “native”: born free; a born troublemaker; Mexican-born. 1
- verb bear down Used other than as an idiom: see bear, down. 0
- verb bear down (nautical) To approach from windward. 0
- verb bear down (Transitive Verb) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. 0
- verb bear down (Transitive Verb) OBS To maintain one's position against (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against. 0
- verb bear down (Intransitive Verb) To intensify one's efforts. 0
- verb bear down (Intransitive Verb) (with on) To approach in a determined manner. 0
- verb bear down (Intransitive Verb) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers. 0