Bear

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.
  • (v. t.) To support and remove or carry; to convey.
  • (v. t.) To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
  • (v. t.) To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
  • (v. t.) To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
  • (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
  • (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
  • (v. t.) To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
  • (v. t.) To gain or win.
  • (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
  • (v. t.) To render or give; to bring forward.
  • (v. t.) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
  • (v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
  • (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct.
  • (v. t.) To behave; to conduct.
  • (v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.
  • (v. t.) To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
  • (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
  • (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
  • (v. i.) To endure with patience; to be patient.
  • (v. i.) To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
  • (v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
  • (v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
  • (v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
  • (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
  • (n.) A bier.
  • (n.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
  • (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
  • (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
  • (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
  • (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
  • (n.) A portable punching machine.
  • (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
  • (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.
  • (n.) Alt. of Bere

Compare bear with other words:

bear vs. stomach

bear vs. donkey

bear vs. hold

bear vs. discord

bear vs. mom

bear vs. lager

accept vs. bear

beal vs. bear

bear vs. lear

bear vs. blear

bear vs. mear

bear vs. sear

bear vs. rear

beam vs. bear

beak vs. bear

bean vs. bear

bear vs. boar

bead vs. bear

bear vs. beau

bear vs. gear

bear vs. fear

bear vs. near

bear vs. ear

bear vs. tear

bear vs. beat

bear vs. dear

bear vs. year

bear vs. bring

bear vs. beget

bar vs. bear

bear vs. endeavour

bear vs. rhythm

bear vs. grizzly

bear vs. door

bear vs. wolf

bear vs. owl

bear vs. platypus

bear vs. vulture

bear vs. support

bear vs. pear

bear vs. dog

bear vs. breed

bear vs. beetle

bear vs. bee

bear vs. bearhound

bear vs. downbear

bear vs. ursiform

bear vs. bearward

bear vs. underbearer

bear vs. circumfer

bear vs. frugiferous

bear vs. cub

alien vs. bear

bear vs. laden

bear vs. rat

bear vs. cowlick

bear vs. forbear

assume vs. bear

apple vs. bear

bear vs. provide

bear vs. wolverine

bear vs. mobile

bear vs. deliver

bear vs. delivery

bear vs. hear

bear vs. gorilla

bear vs. divinity

bear vs. load

bear vs. beard

bear vs. cheese

bear vs. conceive

bear vs. cover

bear vs. front

bear vs. cat

bear vs. hair

bear vs. school

bear vs. incur

bear vs. coffee

bear vs. drip

bear vs. squid

bear vs. bearskin

bear vs. dewy

bear vs. dree

bear vs. pessimist

bear vs. tote

bear vs. sleuth

baker vs. bear

abide vs. bear

bear vs. endure

bear vs. mars

bear vs. pillow

balderdash vs. bear

bear vs. nonsense

act vs. bear

bear vs. tomato

bear vs. beer

bear vs. bruin

bear vs. intolerant

bear vs. bearer

bear vs. undergo

bear vs. comport

bear vs. ovary

bear vs. oppressive

bear vs. tolerate

attestation vs. bear

bear vs. message

bear vs. tenacity

bear vs. bide

bear vs. blackberry

acquit vs. bear

bear vs. whelp

bear vs. bere

bear vs. infant

afford vs. bear

bear vs. panda

bear vs. fructify

bear vs. pallbearer

bear vs. brook

bear vs. cop

bear vs. pass

bear vs. otter

bear vs. wear

bear vs. engender

bear vs. stay

azimuth vs. bear

bear vs. head

bear vs. specific

bear vs. direction

bear vs. produce

bear vs. yield

bear vs. declare

bear vs. testimony

bear vs. witness

bear vs. carry

bear vs. equip

bear vs. ursine

bear vs. price

bear vs. benefit

bear vs. depress

bear vs. bearish

bear vs. bearcat

bear vs. bull

bear vs. deck

bear vs. scour

bear vs. matting

bear vs. coarse

bear vs. block

bear vs. punch

bear vs. machine

bear vs. homosexual

bear vs. portable

bear vs. securities

bear vs. investor

bear vs. commodities

bear vs. shaggy

bear vs. raccoon

bear vs. omnivorous

bear vs. pig

bear vs. koala

absorb vs. bear

bear vs. world

bare vs. bear

bear vs. birth

bear vs. born

bear vs. drivel

bear vs. borne

abear vs. bear

bear vs. prattle

awful vs. bear

bear vs. catty

bear vs. equal

bear vs. waste

bear vs. bore