| bear | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. bear | massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. |
| ~ bear cub | a young bear. |
| ~ carnivore | a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal.; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb" |
| ~ family ursidae, ursidae | bears and extinct related forms. |
| ~ brown bear, ursus arctos, bruin | large ferocious bear of Eurasia. |
| ~ bruin | a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'. |
| ~ american black bear, euarctos americanus, ursus americanus, black bear | brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear. |
| ~ asiatic black bear, black bear, selenarctos thibetanus, ursus thibetanus | bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia. |
| ~ ice bear, polar bear, thalarctos maritimus, ursus maritimus | white bear of Arctic regions. |
| ~ melursus ursinus, sloth bear, ursus ursinus | common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia. |
| n. (person) | 2. bear | an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price. |
| ~ investor | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns. |
| v. (stative) | 3. bear | have.; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature" |
| ~ carry | have on the surface or on the skin.; "carry scars" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| v. (body) | 4. bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ twin | give birth to twins. |
| ~ drop | give birth; used for animals.; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" |
| ~ foal | give birth to a foal.; "the mare foaled" |
| ~ cub | give birth to cubs.; "bears cub every year" |
| ~ kitten | have kittens.; "our cat kittened again this year" |
| ~ lamb | give birth to a lamb.; "the ewe lambed" |
| ~ litter | give birth to a litter of animals. |
| ~ pup, whelp | birth.; "the dog whelped" |
| ~ farrow, pig | give birth.; "sows farrow" |
| ~ fawn | have fawns.; "deer fawn" |
| ~ have young, calve | birth.; "the whales calve at this time of year" |
| ~ have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| ~ live with, accept, swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to.; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" |
| ~ hold still for, stand for | tolerate or bear.; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" |
| ~ bear up | endure cheerfully.; "She bore up under the enormous strain" |
| ~ take lying down | suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.; "I won't take this insult lying down" |
| ~ take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense.; "Can't you take a joke?" |
| ~ sit out | endure to the end. |
| ~ pay | bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action.; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| v. (contact) | 6. bear | move while holding up or supporting.; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| ~ frogmarch | carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (creation) | 7. bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| ~ spin off | produce as a consequence of something larger. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ seed | bear seeds. |
| ~ crop | yield crops.; "This land crops well" |
| ~ overbear | bear too much. |
| ~ fruit | bear fruit.; "the trees fruited early this year" |
| v. (possession) | 8. accept, assume, bear, take over | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ carry-the can, face the music | accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. |
| v. (stative) | 9. bear, carry, contain, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, hold, take | be capable of holding or containing.; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
| ~ retain | hold back within.; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water" |
| ~ hold in, enclose, confine | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| v. (possession) | 10. bear, pay, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| ~ investment funds, investment | money that is invested with an expectation of profit. |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ net, clear | yield as a net profit.; "This sale netted me $1 million" |
| ~ pay off | yield a profit or result.; "His efforts finally paid off" |
| v. (body) | 11. bear, wear | have on one's person.; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| v. (social) | 12. acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| ~ carry, bear, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
| ~ fluster | be flustered; behave in a confused manner. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ put forward, assert | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.; "Women should assert themselves more!" |
| ~ deal | behave in a certain way towards others.; "He deals fairly with his employees" |
| ~ walk around | behave in a certain manner or have certain properties.; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend" |
| ~ posture, pose | behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" |
| v. (possession) | 13. bear, hold | have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| v. (contact) | 14. bear, carry, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
| ~ sling | hold or carry in a sling.; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm" |
| ~ stoop | carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward.; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane" |
| ~ piggyback | support on the back and shoulders.; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show" |
| ~ balance, poise | hold or carry in equilibrium. |
| ~ deport, acquit, behave, comport, conduct, bear, carry | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| v. (body) | 15. bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
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