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BEAR DOWN UPON

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sail towards another vessel, of a shipplay

Synonyms:

bear down on; bear down upon

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bear down upon" is one way to...):

approach; come near; come on; draw close; draw near; go up; near (move towards)

"Bear down upon" entails doing...:

sail (travel on water propelled by wind)

Domain category:

navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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