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— English words —

• bear␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
• bear␣down v. (Nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
• bear␣down v. (Transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
• bear␣down v. (Transitive, obsolete) To maintain one’s position against (someone) in a debate; to stand one’s ground against.
• bear␣down v. (Intransitive) To intensify one’s efforts.
• bear␣down v. (Intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
• bear␣down v. (Intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one’s abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and…

50 English words from 7 English definitions

abdomen against and approach as␣in away bear birth debate defeat determined down downward efforts exert feces figuratively forcing forcing␣out from giving giving␣birth ground idiomatically intensify Intransitive maintain manner Nautical obsolete one other other␣than out overcome position pressure push see someone stand steer than the to␣the Transitive Used wind windward with

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

bear␣down␣on

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ard Ard ARD 'ard -ard Bea BEA bear Bear beard Beard beardo dow Dow down Down down- ear EAR 'ear 'eard own RDO

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aeb AEB Dra DRA NWO ODR Óðr Rae raeb

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

downbear rawboned raw-boned

13 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bandpower bears␣down bowerland breakdown break␣down brownhead downbears drownable newsboard powerband rainbowed wonderbra Wonderbra

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Aberdon bandore boarden Braedon Brandow brawned broaden Broaden brownea browned rawbone war␣bond

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

beatdown beat␣down gear␣down teardown tear-down tear␣down wear␣down

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

bears␣down

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