Synonyms for bare down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bair

Phonetic Transcription : bɛər

Définition of bare down

Origin : Old English beran "to bear, bring; bring forth, produce; to endure, sustain; to wear" (class IV strong verb; past tense bær, past participle boren), from Proto-Germanic *beranan (cf. Old Saxon beran, Old Frisian bera, Old High German beran, German gebären, Old Norse bera, Gothic bairan "to carry, bear, give birth to"), from PIE root *bher- (1) meaning both "give birth" (though only English and German strongly retain this sense, and Russian has beremennaya "pregnant") and "carry a burden, bring" (see infer).
Ball bearings "bear" the friction. Many senses are from notion of "move onward by pressure." Old English past tense bær became Middle English bare; alternative bore began to appear c.1400, but bare remained the literary form till after 1600. Past participle distinction of borne for "carried" and born for "given birth" is from late 18c. To bear (something) in mind is from 1530s.

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Example sentences :

Dressed up, bless my heart, and all bare down to here, and their arms bare.
Extract from : « Fruits of Culture » by Leo Tolstoy

All the rest, in every direction, is bare down or open arable.
Extract from : « Rural Rides » by William Cobbett

And therewith he also bare down upon Sir Launcelot with all his might and main with intent to overthrow him.
Extract from : « The Story of the Champions of the Round Table » by Howard Pyle

Her long, well-formed legs were bare down to the mid-calf boots she wore.
Extract from : « Equation of Doom » by Gerald Vance

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