bear down upon

English Thesaurus

1. sail towards another vessel, of a ship (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near,
definition	:	move towards (verb.motion)

entail	:	sail,
definition	:	travel on water propelled by wind (verb.motion)

domain category	:	navigation, pilotage, piloting,
definition	:	the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place (noun.act)