Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downbear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: down-bear
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bear, bring or carry down.

Transitive verb

verb

To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.

Transitive verb

verb

To lessen; reduce.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Immediately from the downborne elements sprung forth The Word of The God to the pure creation of all Nature, …"
"Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears the stomach, thus downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat."
"Together, these points supplement the qi to help upbear the clear and downbear the turbid when needled with supplementing method."
"When one relaxes physically as well as mentally, whatever qi should be upborne is upborne and whatever qi should be downborne is downborne."
"The stomach channel's uniting point, Zu San Li, is chosen in order to drain the stomach and downbear counterflow."

Etymology

From Middle English dounberen, equivalent to down- + bear.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: down
Root: dounberen

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

downbears (present, singular) downbearing (participle, present) downbore (past) downborne (participle, past)

Questions

What does downbear mean?: To bear, bring or carry down.
Where does downbear come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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