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Bear Down On

Definitions: Bear Down On

Bear Down On

Verb

1. Sail towards another vessel, of ships.

2. Exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Bear Down On

Synonyms: bear down (v), bear down upon (v), drag down (v), press down on (v), weigh down (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bear Down On

English words defined with "bear down on": To ride down. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bear down on": Articles interchangeddrool-proof paperHOVELINFALAPSARIANReal Programmers Don't Use Pascalvibrating screen. (references)

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Modern Translations: Bear Down On

Language Translations for "bear down on"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

ráront az ellenségre (to bear down on 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)

   

Italian

  

premere (be of interest, bear down, depress, matter, oppress, press, pull, push, squeeze). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earbay ownday onay

   

Romanian

  

se nãpusti asupra (bear down upon, dash against, fall over, hurl oneself at, jump upon, pounce at, swoop upon). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acercarse a (accost, advance on, approach, border, come near, gain on, gain upon, stand in to). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yaklaşmak (approach, approximate, be pushing, close, come close to, come near, come on, come up, converge, draw, draw close, draw near, draw on, get hotter, get warmer, go on for, near, push, step up, verge, walk up, walk up to), ağır gelmek (bear hard on, preponderate), üstüne varmak (get at, lean upon, press smb. close, provoke), üstüne gelmek (beleaguer, come at, come down on, come on, come upon, hang over, overlap). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bear Down On

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-2 letters: bearwood, rawboned, wanderoo.

-3 letters: bandore, baronne, bradoon, branned, broaden, browned, newborn, nonword, onboard.

-4 letters: bander, banned, banner, bonder, borane, browed, downer, nonwar, onward, redowa, renown, roadeo, roband, wander, wanned, wanner, warden, warned, wonder, wonned, wonner, wooden.

-5 letters: abode, aboon, adobe, adobo, adore, adorn, adown, anode, ardeb, awned, baned, barde, bared, baron, beano, beard, board, boned, boner, bonne, booed, bored, borne, boron, bowed, bower, brand, brawn, bread, broad, brood, brown, dawen, debar, denar, dewan, dewar, dobra, dobro, donna, donne, donor, dower, drawn, drone, drown, endow, oared, odeon, orbed, oread, owned, owner, radon, redan, redon, rewan, rewon, robed, rodeo, rondo, rowan, rowed, rowen, wader, waned, wared, wooed, wooer.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Bear Down On


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

42 65 61 72      44 6F 77 6E      4F 6E

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

        

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

01000010 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01000100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00100000 01001111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#101 &#97 &#114 &#32 &#68 &#111 &#119 &#110 &#32 &#79 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0065 0061 0072      0044 006F 0077 006E      004F 006E

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

3671678423881898024980

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INDEX

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


  

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