Bare down on

Synonyms for bare down on
verb encumber, strain

hinder
depress
weigh down
afflict
overwhelm
bother
overload
oppress
encumber

handicap
lade
hamper
load
try
tax
impede
snow
vex

crush
strain
obligate
pile
cumber
press
overcharge
trouble
worry

dish out
bear down on
dish it out
dump on
give it to
make heavy
saddle with
snow under
stick it to

Antonyms for bare down on

aid
assist
further
permit
comfort
delight

release
soothe
allow
encourage
help
promote

cheer
make happy
please
unburden
relieve

Synonyms
verb charge

load
pile
overload
freight
saddle
afflict
overwhelm
tax
strain
obligate

hamper
worry
depress
weight
snow
vex
crush
hinder
handicap
cumber

overcharge
burden
press
trouble
bother
try
encumber
impede
oppress
dish out

weigh down
bear down on
dish it out
dump on
give it to
make heavy
saddle with
snow under
stick it to

Antonyms

aid
comfort
release
soothe
assist
permit

facilitate
further
delight
help
allow
encourage

promote
make happy
please
advance
forward

Usage Notes

Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear1. Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. Borne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: Anna had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs only in passive constructions: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. A strange desire was born of the tragic experience. Born is also an adjective meaning “by birth,” “innate,” or “native”: born free; a born troublemaker; Mexican-born.