bear down

English Thesaurus

1. exert a force or cause a strain upon (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	burden, charge, saddle,
definition	:	impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to (verb.communication)

2. pay special attention to (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress,
definition	:	to stress, single out as important (verb.communication)

3. exert full strength (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	contend, fight, struggle,
definition	:	be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight (verb.competition)

domain category	:	baseball, baseball game,
definition	:	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act)

4. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	rush,
definition	:	attack suddenly (verb.competition)

5. contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze,
definition	:	squeeze or press together (verb.contact)

6. exert a force with a heavy weight (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	press,
definition	:	exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)

7. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle (verb.competition)

derivation	:	charge,
definition	:	an impetuous rush toward someone or something (noun.act)

derivation	:	charger, courser,
definition	:	formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle (noun.animal)

derivation	:	charge,
definition	:	an impetuous rush toward someone or something (noun.act)

derivation	:	charger, courser,
definition	:	formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle (noun.animal)