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1. With full strength
   "his beardown performance in the exhibition game"

1. Exert a force with a heavy weight
   "The snow bore down on the roof";
   - drag down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down
    
2. Contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
   - overbear
    
3. To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
   "he saw Jess bearing down at him with a pitchfork";
   - charge
    
4. (baseball) 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"

Derived forms: bore down, bearing down, bears down

See also: strong

Type of: accent, accentuate, burden, charge, compact, compress, constrict, contract, emphasise [Brit], emphasize, fight, lumber [Brit, informal], press, punctuate, rush, saddle, squeeze, stress, struggle