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 beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To cure bacon by salting.
Backgammon (the game itself).
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.