bear down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
exert a force with a heavy weight
The snow bore down on the roof
Types & categories
- press hypernym
Sense 2 verb
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Sense 3 verb
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
Types & categories
- rush hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
exert full strength
The pitcher bore down
Types & categories
- fight hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
Sense 5 verb
pay special attention to
The lectures bore down on the political background
Types & categories
- accent hypernym
Sense 6 verb
exert a force or cause a strain upon
This tax bears down on the lower middle class
Types & categories
- burden hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | press |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | charge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | charger |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rush |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | accent |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | burden |