bear down vs breeze

bear down

verb
  • 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. 

  • To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down. 

breeze

verb
  • To move casually, in a carefree manner. 

  • To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion. 

  • To blow gently. 

  • To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface. 

  • To buzz. 

noun
  • An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel. 

  • A light, gentle wind. 

  • Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength. 

  • Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker. 

  • Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult. 

  • A brief workout for a racehorse. 

  • A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae. 

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