"bear against" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bears against",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bearing against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bore against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borne against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bear<,,bore,borne> against"
      },
      "expansion": "bear against (third-person singular simple present bears against, present participle bearing against, simple past bore against, past participle borne against)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I caught some good shots of a wolf bearing against a caribou.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach someone or something as for an attack"
      ],
      "id": "en-bear_against-en-verb-vJOh2xDl",
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To approach someone or something as for an attack"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (against)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The top side of that has been bearing against the wall for years."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology)."
      ],
      "id": "en-bear_against-en-verb-tuoxKYX-",
      "links": [
        [
          "wear away",
          "wear away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of a surface or item) To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a surface or item"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bear against"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (against)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bears against",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bearing against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bore against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borne against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bear<,,bore,borne> against"
      },
      "expansion": "bear against (third-person singular simple present bears against, present participle bearing against, simple past bore against, past participle borne against)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I caught some good shots of a wolf bearing against a caribou.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach someone or something as for an attack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To approach someone or something as for an attack"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The top side of that has been bearing against the wall for years."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wear away",
          "wear away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of a surface or item) To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a surface or item"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bear against"
}