BEAR DOWN UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bear down upon mean? 

• BEAR DOWN UPON (verb)
  The verb BEAR DOWN UPON has 1 sense:

1. sail towards another vessel, of a ship

  Familiarity information: BEAR DOWN UPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAR DOWN UPON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sail towards another vessel, of a ship

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bear down on; bear down upon

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