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Definition bear
Etymology 1
From Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-Germanic *berô (compare West Frisian bear, Dutch beer, German Bär, Danish bjørn).
Noun
bear (plural bears)
- 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.
- (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. [1579]
- (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. [1744]
- (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear). [1970s]
- (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual. [1990]
- (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- (colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
Verb
bear (third-person singular simple present bears, present participle bearing, simple past and past participle beared)
Adjective
bear (not comparable)
- (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
Etymology 2
From Middle English beren (“carry, bring forth”), from Old English beran (“to carry, bear, bring”), from Proto-Germanic *beran?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?éreti, from *b?er- (“to bear, carry”). Akin to Old High German beran (“carry”), Dutch baren, Norwegian Bokmål bære, Norwegian Nynorsk bera, Gothic ?????? (bairan), Sanskrit ???? (bhárati), Latin ferre, and Ancient Greek ?????? (phérein), Albanian bie (“to bring, to bear”), Russian ????? (brat?, “to take”).
Verb
bear (third-person singular simple present bears, present participle bearing, simple past bore or (archaic) bare, past participle borne or (see usage notes) born)
- (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- (transitive) To carry something.
- (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
- (transitive) To wear or display.
- (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
- (transitive, intransitive) To put up with something; to tolerate.
- (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
- (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
- (intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
- (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
- (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
- (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
- (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- (transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
- (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
- (transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
Etymology 3
Noun
bear (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
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