bear
Definitions of bear
v. t. - To support or sustain; to hold up.
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v. t. - To support and remove or carry; to convey.
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v. t. - To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
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v. t. - To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
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v. t. - To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
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v. t. - To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
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v. t. - To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
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v. t. - To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
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v. t. - To gain or win.
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v. t. - To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
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v. t. - To render or give; to bring forward.
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v. t. - To carry on, or maintain; to have.
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v. t. - To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
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v. t. - To manage, wield, or direct.
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v. t. - To behave; to conduct.
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v. t. - To afford; to be to; to supply with.
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v. t. - To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
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v. i. - To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
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v. i. - To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
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v. i. - To endure with patience; to be patient.
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v. i. - To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
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v. i. - To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
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v. i. - To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
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v. i. - To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
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v. i. - To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
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n. - A bier.
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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.
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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.
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n. - One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
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n. - Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
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n. - A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
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n. - A portable punching machine.
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n. - A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
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v. t. - To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.
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n. - Alt. of Bere
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The word "bear" uses 4 letters: A B E R.
Direct anagrams of bear:
bare brae
Words formed by adding one letter before or after bear (in bold), or to aber in any order:
b - barbe c - acerb brace caber d - ardeb barde bared beard bread debar g - barge h - rehab k - baker brake break kebar l - abler baler blare blear m - amber bream embar r - barer barre rebar s - bares baser bears braes saber sabre t - taber v - brave y - barye yerba z - braze zebra
Shorter words found within bear:
ab ae ar arb are ba bar be bra ear er era re reb
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