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borne against

borne against is the past participle of bear against.

Meaning of bear against

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.

Questions about borne against

What is borne against the past participle of?
Borne against is the past participle of bear against.

Words near borne against in the dictionary

  1. bornavirus
  2. bornaviruses
  3. borne
  4. borne a grudge
  5. borne a hand
  6. borne against
  7. borne away
  8. borne away the bell
  9. borne date
  10. borne down
  11. borne down on

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