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TO BEAR DOWN

Definition: TO BEAR DOWN

TO BEAR DOWN

1. (a) To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. ``His nose, . . . large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance.'' --Marryat. (b) To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO BEAR DOWN

English words defined with "TO BEAR DOWN": DownbearOutbrazenPregravateTo bear down upon, To ride down. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO BEAR DOWN": Articles interchangedcookie beardrool-proof paperHOVEL, HUMORISTINFALAPSARIANReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, Ropesvibrating screen. (references)

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Expression: TO BEAR DOWN

Expression using "TO BEAR DOWN": To bear down upon. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO BEAR DOWN

Language Translations for "TO BEAR DOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

ráront az ellenségre (to bear down on the enemy), minden ellenállást megtör (to bear down all resistance), legyőzi az ellenséget (to bear down the enemy), lecsap az ellenségre (to bear down on the enemy, to dive on the enemy), úton van vmi felé (to bear down on sg, to bear down upon sg). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

息張る (to strain). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いきばる (to strain). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay earbay ownday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO BEAR DOWN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-n-o-o-r-t-w"

-2 letters: bearwood, bentwood, danewort, downbeat, ratooned, rawboned, teardown, wanderoo.

-3 letters: aborted, bandore, baronet, bartend, borated, bradoon, broaden, browned, donator, odonate, odorant, onboard, reboant, rowboat, tabooed, tabored, tandoor, tornado.

-4 letters: ardent, atoned, atoner, bander, banter, boated, boater, bonder, booted, borane, borate, browed, debtor, donate, downer, enroot, onward, orated, ornate, ranted, ratoon, rebato, reboot, redowa, roadeo.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-n-o-o-r-t-w"
 

+4 letters: bowdlerization.

 

+5 letters: bowdlerizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO BEAR DOWN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      42 45 41 52      44 4F 57 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01000101 01000001 01010010 00100000 01000100 01001111 01010111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#69 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#68 &#79 &#87 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 0045 0041 0052      0044 004F 0057 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449236393552238495748

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Non-English Dictionaries with "TO BEAR DOWN"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításmagyar

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ"

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjapán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ"

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationangol
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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