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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bear down
       v 1: exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on
            the roof" [syn: drag down, bear down on, press down
            on, weigh down]
       2: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he
          saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: charge]
       3: contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease
          delivery [syn: overbear]
       4: exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"
       5: pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the
          political background"
       6: exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down
          on the lower middle class"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bear down
     vb.
     1 (&lit en bear down)
     2 (lb en nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from
  windward.
     3 (lb en transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat,
  overcome. (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To maintain one's position against
  (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against.  16th 17th c.)
     5 (lb en intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
     6 (lb en intransitive with ''on'') To approach in a determined
  manner.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bear down
     vb.
     1 (&lit en bear down)
     2 (lb en nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from
  windward.
     3 (lb en transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat,
  overcome. (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To maintain one's position against
  (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against.  16th 17th c.)
     5 (lb en intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
     6 (lb en intransitive with ''on'') To approach in a determined
  manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bear down
     vb.
     1 (&lit en bear down)
     2 (lb en nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from
  windward.
     3 (lb en transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat,
  overcome. (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To maintain one's position against
  (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against.  16th 17th c.)
     5 (lb en intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
     6 (lb en intransitive with ''on'') To approach in a determined
  manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bear down
     vb.
     1 (&lit en bear down)
     2 (lb en nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from
  windward.
     3 (lb en transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat,
  overcome. (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To maintain one's position against
  (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against.  16th 17th c.)
     5 (lb en intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
     6 (lb en intransitive with ''on'') To approach in a determined
  manner.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bear down /bˈeə dˈaʊn/
  více se snažit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bear down /bˈeə dˈaʊn/
  lasten auf, bedrücken 
   see: bearing down, born down, borne down
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bear down /bˈeə dˈaʊn/ 
  1. laskea
  nautical: to steer away from the wind
  2. puskea kohti, puskea päin
  to approach in a determined manner
  3. ponnistaa
  to exert downward pressure on one's abdomen
  4. painaa päälle
  to intensify one's efforts
  5. pysyä kannassaan, väittää vastaan
  to maintain one's position against (someone) in a debate
  6. päihittää, selättää
  to push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  bear down /bˈeə dˈaʊn/ 
  krysta
  to exert downward pressure on one's abdomen

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "bear down":
     beat down, bring low, buckle down, couch, crush, debase, defeat,
     depress, detrude, do double duty, downbear, elucubrate, endeavor,
     get cracking, get cutting, go all out, haul down, hit the ball,
     hop to it, hotfoot, hump, hump it, hustle, indent, knuckle down,
     lay to, lean on it, let down, lower, lucubrate, overpower,
     overwork, ply the oar, pour it on, press down, pull down,
     push down, reduce, scratch, shag ass, shake a leg, shake it up,
     sink, slave, snap to it, spare no effort, step on it, subdue,
     subjugate, sweat, take down, tear ass, thrust down, vanquish,
     work hard, work late, work overtime
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  压倒,击败,克服

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     压倒,压弯;击败

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