To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
To approach in a determined manner.
To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
To intensify one's efforts.
To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
To terrify; to daunt.
To have enough courage (to do something).
To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
A challenge to prove courage.
In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
A small fish, the dace
Defiance; challenge.