Related Clues:

• Applies, as pressure
• Wields, as influence
• Applies, as effort
• Applies, as influence
• Applies, as force
• Brings into use or to bear
• Brings into use, say strength
• If one wants to apply pressure, the river's about right for it
• One makes the effort to get about ten trees
• Makes the effort to cut up about ten trees
• One makes the effort to get about ten trees in bits
• Makes an effort to chop up about a ten trees
• Forcefully applies (pressure)
• Makes strenuous effort
• Brings to bear, as influence