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bear against

bear against verb: to approach someone or something as for an attack.

Verb

bear against (third-person singular simple present bears against, present participle bearing against, simple past bore against, past participle borne against)

  1. (transitive) To approach someone or something as for an attack
    • I caught some good shots of a wolf bearing against a caribou.
  2. (transitive) To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology).
    • The top side of that has been bearing against the wall for years.

Forms of bear against

third-person singular presentbears against
present participlebearing against
pastbore against
past participleborne against

Questions about bear against

What does bear against mean?
Bear against means to approach someone or something as for an attack.
What part of speech is bear against?
Bear against is a verb.
What is the past tense of bear against?
The past tense of bear against is bore against.

Words near bear against in the dictionary

  1. beany
  2. beaproned
  3. bear
  4. bear a grudge
  5. bear a hand
  6. bear against
  7. bear animalcule
  8. bear away
  9. bear away the bell
  10. bear bag
  11. bear bait

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