bear+down+upon
11bear down — {v.} 1. To press or push harder; work hard at; give full strength and attention. * /She is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship./ * /The baseball pitcher is bearing down./ * /The pitcher bore down on the star batter./ * /Teachers of… …
12bear down — {v.} 1. To press or push harder; work hard at; give full strength and attention. * /She is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship./ * /The baseball pitcher is bearing down./ * /The pitcher bore down on the star batter./ * /Teachers of… …
13bear\ down — v 1. To press or push harder; work hard at; give full strength and attention. She is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship. The baseball pitcher is bearing down. The pitcher bore down on the star batter. Teachers of the deaf bear down… …
14bear down on — or[upon] {v. phr.} To draw constantly nearer with great speed and force. * /The police cars were bearing down on the bank robbers get away car./ …
15bear down on — or[upon] {v. phr.} To draw constantly nearer with great speed and force. * /The police cars were bearing down on the bank robbers get away car./ …
16bear down on — advance upon, assail against; get to work on, make an exerted effort …
17Bear — (b[^a]r), v. i. 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. [1913 Webster] This age to blossom, and the next to bear. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. [1913 Webster] But man is born to bear.… …
18bear up — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, afford support, approach, appropinquate, approximate, assure, back, back up, be proof against, bear, bear down on, bear down upon, bear out, bear the brunt, bear up against, bear up under, bolster,… …
19bear v — I cannot bear to see a bear. Bear down upon a hare. When bare of hair he strips the hare, Right there I cry, Forbear! impregnable adj, boar n, overbearingly adv …
20bear — bear1 [ber] vt. BORE, borne (see 3), bearing, bore, born [ME beren < OE beran < IE base * bher , to carry, bring > L ferre, Gr pherein, Sans bharati, (he) bears] 1. a) to hold and take along; carry; transport b) to hold in the m …
