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bear
/bɛɚ/
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What does bear mean?
noun
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.
- The meat of this animal.
- (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
More meanings (53)
noun
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- (slang) A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- A koala (bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
- Alternative spelling of bere (“pillowcase”).
verb
- To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To carry (weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with (weapons, etc.).
- To wear (garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.).
- To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- To have (a name, title, or designation).
- To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- To behave or conduct (oneself).
- To support or sustain; to hold up.
- To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- To warrant, justify the need for.
- To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- To push, thrust, press.
- (figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- (rare) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- (rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- (rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- (obsolete) To carry a burden or burdens.
- (obsolete, rare) To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.
- (obsolete) To gain or win.
adjective
- Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
proper noun
- A surname.
- The constellation Ursa Major.
- A male given name.
- An unincorporated community in Garland County, Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community in Adams County, Idaho.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
It is evident that this could not have been the intention, and that it will not bear a construction of the kind.
On the shipbuilder’s part, this marriage was an infatuation, the despairing folly of a powerful man who cannot bear to grow old.
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As a matter of fact it was about the only kind of logic that could be brought to bear upon my problem.
His conscience could not endure any more of Amy’s grateful happiness, and his jealousy could bear no more of the other distress.
And if ever Barbicane should see the earth again, his notes will bear witness to this great fact in his selenographic observations.