Definition of bears Bears
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- bears (Noun)
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| bear - massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws | ||
| carnivore any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores" | ||
| family ursidae, ursidae bears and extinct related forms | ||
| bear cub a young bear | ||
| 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, selenarctos thibetanus, ursus thibetanus, black bear bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia | ||
| ice bear, polar bear, thalarctos maritimus, ursus maritimus white bear of Arctic regions | ||
| 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 | ||
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| bear - move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" | ||
| transport, carry 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" | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| frogmarch carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person | ||
| bear - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" | ||
| turn out | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| bear out, underpin, corroborate, support support from beneath | ||
| spin off produce as a consequence of something larger | ||
| seed remove the seeds from; "seed grapes" | ||
| crop cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" | ||
| overbear bear too much | ||
| fruit bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year" | ||
| bear - 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 over, accept, assume | ||
| take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" | ||
| carry-the can, face the music accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions | ||
| bear - have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade" | ||
| hold | ||
| have got, have, hold suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| bear - have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature" | ||
| feature, have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| bear - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" | ||
| give birth, deliver, birth, have | ||
| bring forth, produce create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" | ||
| 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" | ||
| bear - 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" | ||
| digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up | ||
| countenance, permit, let, allow 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" | ||
| live with, swallow, accept believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" | ||
| 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" | ||
| suffer feel pain or be in pain | ||
| bear - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" | ||
| behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry | ||
| bear, hold, carry move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| fluster cause to be nervous or upset | ||
| assert, put forward state categorically | ||
| deal do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" | ||
| walk around walk randomly; "We were walking around in the neighborhood to see whether we could find an open drugstore" | ||
| posture, pose pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" | ||
| bear - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" | ||
| hold, carry | ||
| sling hurl as if with a sling | ||
| 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 bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law" | ||
| balance, poise compute credits and debits of an account | ||
| acquit, comport, behave, deport, conduct, bear, carry pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" | ||
| bear - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" | ||
| hold, carry, contain | ||
| include add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group" | ||
| retain keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" | ||
| hold in, enclose, confine surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" | ||
| bear - bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" | ||
| yield, pay | ||
| earn, pull in, bring in, realise, realize, gain, take in, clear, make acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | ||
| investment funds, investment the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank | ||
| net, clear catch with a net; "net a fish" | ||
| pay off yield a profit or result; "His efforts finally paid off" | ||
| bear - 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, carry, gestate, expect | ||
| birth, give birth, deliver, bear, 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" | ||
| birth, give birth, deliver, bear, have cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" | ||
| bear - have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" | ||
| wear | ||
| feature, have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
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Wiktionary
- bear (Noun)
A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae, particularly of subfamily. - bear (Noun)
A portable punching machine. - bear (Noun)
A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck. - bear (Verb)
To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in. - bear (Verb)
To carry something. - bear (Verb)
To be equipped with something. - bear (Verb)
To wear or display. - bear (Verb)
To declare as testimony. - bear (Verb)
To put up with something. - bear (Verb)
To give birth to someone or something; it may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object. - bear (Verb)
To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops. - bear (Verb)
To be—or head—in a specific direction or azimuth from somewhere. - bear (Adjective)
Characterized by or believing to benefit of declining prices in securities markets.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- bear (v. t.)
To support or sustain; to hold up. - bear (v. t.)
To support and remove or carry; to convey. - bear (v. t.)
To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. - bear (v. t.)
To possess and use, as power; to exercise. - bear (v. t.)
To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription. - bear (v. t.)
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name. - bear (v. t.)
To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor - bear (v. t.)
To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer. - bear (v. t.)
To gain or win. - bear (v. t.)
To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc. - bear (v. t.)
To render or give; to bring forward. - bear (v. t.)
To carry on, or maintain; to have. - bear (v. t.)
To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. - bear (v. t.)
To manage, wield, or direct. - bear (v. t.)
To behave; to conduct. - bear (v. t.)
To afford; to be to; to supply with. - bear (v. t.)
To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. - bear (v. i.)
To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. - bear (v. i.)
To suffer, as in carrying a burden. - bear (v. i.)
To endure with patience; to be patient. - bear (v. i.)
To press; -- with on or upon, or against. - bear (v. i.)
To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear. - bear (v. i.)
To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question? - bear (v. i.)
To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. - bear (v. i.)
To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. - bear (n.)
A bier. - bear (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. - bear (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. - 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. - bear (n.)
Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person. - bear (n.)
A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. - bear (n.)
A portable punching machine. - bear (n.)
A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck. - bear (v. t.)
To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market. - bear (n.)
Alt. of Bere
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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A large beast of prey of the family Ursidae, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet. -
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To move while holding up from the ground by supporting its weight. -
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To have a tolerance for. -
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Market characterized by falling prices. -
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To contain or hold; have within. -
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To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to continue to exist or occur without interference; accept or undergo, often unwillingly. -
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To have a right, title, or office. -
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To take upon oneself a charge or a compromise. -
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To release an offspring from one's own body; to cause to be born. -
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To take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person. -
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To bring in (e.g. interests, money, etc.).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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bÄr, v.t. to carry or support: to endure: to admit of: to be entitled to: to afford: to import: to manage: to behave or conduct one's self: to bring forth or produce.âv.i. to suffer: to be patient: to have reference to: to press (with on or upon): to be situated:âpr.p. bearâ˛ing; pa.t. bĹre; pa.p. bĹrne (but the pa.p. when used to mean 'brought forth' is born).âadj. Bearâ˛able, that may be borne or endured.ân. Bearâ˛ableness.âadv. Bearâ˛ably.âns. Bearâ˛er, one who or that which bears, esp. one who assists in carrying a body to the grave: a carrier or messenger; Bearâ˛ing, behaviour: situation of one object with regard to another: relation: that which is borne upon an escutcheon: (mach.) the part of a shaft or axle in contact with its supports; Bearâ˛ing-cloth, the mantle or cloth in which a child was carried to the font; Bearâ˛ing-rein, the fixed rein between the bit and the saddle, by which a horse's head is held up in driving and its neck made to arch.âBear hard (Shak.), to press or urge; Bear in hand (Shak.), to keep in expectation, to flatter one's hopes; To bear a hand, to give assistance; To bear away, to sail away; To bear down (with upon or towards), to sail with the wind; To bear out, to corroborate; To bear up, to keep up one's courage; To bear up for (a place), to sail towards; To bear with, to make allowance for; To be borne in (upon the) mind, to be forcibly impressed upon it; To bring to bear, to bring into operation (with against, upon); To lose one's bearings, to become uncertain as to one's position. [A.S. beran; Goth. bairan, L. ferre, Gr. pher-ein, Sans. bhri.] -
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bÄr, n. a heavy quadruped of the order Carnivora, with long shaggy hair and hooked claws: any rude, rough, or ill-bred fellow: one who sells stocks for delivery at a future date, anticipating a fall in price so that he may buy first at an advantageâopp. to Bull: the old phrase 'a bearskin jobber' suggests an origin in the common proverb, 'to sell the bearskin before one has caught the bear' (hence To bear, to speculate for a fall): (astron.) the name of two constellations, the Great and the Little Bear.âns. Bearâ˛-berâ˛ry, a trailing plant of the heath family, a species of the Arbutus; Bearâ˛bine, a species of convolvulus, closely allied to the bindweed; Bearâ˛-garâ˛den, an enclosure where bears are kept; a rude, turbulent assembly.âadj. Bearâ˛ish, like a bear.âns. Bearâ˛ishness; Bearâ˛-leadâ˛er, a person who leads about a bear for exhibition: the tutor or governor of a youth at the university or on travel; Bear'sâ˛-breech, a common name for plants of the genus Acanthus; Bear'sâ˛-ear, a common English name for the auricula; Bear'sâ˛-foot, a species of hellebore; Bearâ˛skin, the skin of a bear: a shaggy woollen cloth for overcoats: the high fur cap worn by the Guards in England; Bearâ˛-ward, a warden or keeper of bears. [A.S. bera; Ger. bär; cf. L. fera, a wild beast, akin to Gr. thÄr, Ăolian phÄr.] -
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bÄr, n. barley, applied in Scotland to the now little grown variety Hordeum hexastichon. [A.S. bere.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book âľ
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A large block of stone, matted, loaded with shot, and fitted with ropes, by which it is roused or pulled to and fro to grind the decks withal. Also, a coir-mat filled with sand similarly used. -
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Ursa Major and Minor, most important to seamen, as instantly indicating by the pointers and pole-star the true north at night, much more correctly than any compass bearing. -
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The direction of an object from the viewer; it is used in the following different phrases: The land's end bore E.N.E.; i.e. it was seen from the ship in a line with the E.N.E. point of the compass. We bore down upon the enemy; i.e. having the advantage of the wind, or being to windward, we approached the enemy by sailing large, or from the wind. When a ship that was to windward comes under another ship's stern, and so gives her the wind, she is said to bear under the lee; often as a mark of respect. She bears in with the land, is said of a ship when she runs towards the shore. We bore off the land; i.e. we increased our distance from the land.--To bear down upon a ship, is to approach her from the windward.--To bear ordnance, to carry her guns well.--To bear sail, stiff under canvas.--To bear up, to put the helm up, and keep a vessel off her course, letting her recede from the wind and move to leeward; this is synonymous with to bear away, but is applied to the ship instead of the helm.--Bear up, one who has duly served for a commission, but from want of interest bears up broken-hearted and accepts an inferior warrant, or quits the profession, seeking some less important vocation; some middies have borne up and yet become bishops, lord-chancellors, judges, surgeons, &c.--To bear up round, is to put a ship right before the wind.--To bring a cannon to bear, signifies that it now lies right with the mark.--To bear off from, and in with the land, signifies standing off or going towards the coast.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer đĽ
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In a military sense, a piece of ordnance is said to bear, or come to bear, or is brought to bear, when pointed directly against the object; that is, pointed to hit the object.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue đ
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One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity of sum of stock in the public funds, on a future day, and at stated price; or, in other words, sells what he has not got, like the huntsman in the fable, who sold the bear's skin before the bear was killed. As the bear sells the stock he is not possessed of, so the bull purchases what he has not money to pay for; but in case of any alteration in the price agreed on, either party pays or receives the difference. Exchange Alley.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary đ
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A man may bear till his back breaks. -
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Bear with evil and expect good.
Wikipedia 
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"For other uses of the word "bear" please see Bear (disambiguation)"
Bears are a group of large mammals. They form the family Ursidae, in the suborder Caniformia of the order Carnivora. There are 8 living bear species.
Appearance.
Bears usually have a big body with short and thick legs. They only have a very short tail. They have small eyes and round ears. They usually have longer, shaggy fur. On each foot they have five claws, which they cannot pull back. They have very good senses of smell and hearing. They can stand up on their back legs. Usually bears can climb and swim very well.
Life.
They are mostly active at night (except for the Polar Bear). Some bears hibernate, that means they sleep during the winter to save energy.
Bears are usually omnivorous. They eat plants and meat. They eat berries, grass and fish. An exception is the Polar Bear, which eats mostly meat. -
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Bears are a group of large mammals. They form the family "Ursidae", in the order "Carnivora".
