bear against (English, verb)
expansion: bear against (third-person singular simple present bears against, present participle bearing against, simple past bore against, past participle borne against)
Senses:
glosses: To approach someone or something as for an attack
tags: transitive
glosses: To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology).
tags: transitive
raw_tags: of a surface or item
Forms:
form: bears against
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bearing against
tags: participle
present
form: bore against
tags: past
form: borne against
tags: participle
past