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 surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
To prevail.
To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
To recover from (a difficulty), to get over
To come or pass over; to spread over.
The burden or recurring theme in a song.
A surplus.