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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. [1579]
  3. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. [1744]
  4. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear). [1970s]
  5. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual. [1990]
  6. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
  7. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
  8. (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
  9. (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)

  1. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
Adjective

bear (not comparable)

  1. (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)

  1. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
  2. (transitive) To carry something.
  3. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
  4. (transitive) To wear or display.
  5. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
  6. (transitive, intransitive) To put up with something; to tolerate.
  7. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
  8. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
  9. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
  10. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
  11. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
  12. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
  13. (intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
  14. (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
  15. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
  16. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
  17. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
  18. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
  19. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
  20. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
  21. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
  22. (transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
  23. (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
  24. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
  25. (transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.

Etymology 3

Noun

bear (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).

Results 229 Words with the letters BEAR

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6 letter words with the letters BEAR 
ABIDER 10
ABJURE 19
ABRADE 10
ABUSER 10
ADVERB 14
AMBEER 12
AMBERS 12
AMBERY 14
AMBLER 13
ARABLE 10
ARBUTE 10
ARDEBS 10
BACKER 16
BADDER 11
BADGER 12
BAGGER 13
BAILER 10
BAKERS 13
BAKERY 15
BALDER 11
BALERS 10
BALKER 14
BALLER 11
BANDER 11
BANGER 12
BANKER 14
BANNER 11
BANTER 10
BARBED 13
BARBEL 13
BARBER 12
BARBES 12
BARBET 12
BARDED 11
BARDES 10
BAREGE 11
BARELY 12
BARFED 13
BARGED 12
BARGEE 11
BARGES 11
BARKED 14
BARKER 13
BARLEY 12
BARMEN 13
BARMIE 12
BARQUE 19
BARRED 10
BARREL 10
BARREN 10
BARYES 11
BARYTE 11
BASHER 11
BATHER 11
BAWLER 13
BEADER 10
BEAKER 13
BEARDS 10
BEAVER 13
BEGGAR 13
BERAKE 13
BERTHA 11
BETRAY 11
BEWARE 12
BEWRAP 15
BEWRAY 14
BEZOAR 18
BLAMER 13
BLARED 11
BLARES 10
BLAZER 19
BLEARS 10
BLEARY 12
BORAGE 11
BORANE 10
BOREAL 10
BRACED 13
BRACER 12
BRACES 12
BRAIZE 18
BRAKED 14
BRAKES 13
BRAVED 14
BRAVER 13
BRAVES 13
BRAWER 12
BRAYED 12
BRAYER 11
BRAZED 19
BRAZEN 19
BRAZER 18
BRAZES 18
BREACH 14
BREADS 10
BREADY 12
BREAKS 13
BREAMS 12
BREATH 11
BREGMA 14
BUREAU 11
BURSAE 10
CABERS 12
CAMBER 15
CARIBE 12
CRAMBE 15
DABBER 13
DAUBER 11
DEBARK 14
DEBARS 10
EMBARK 16
EMBARS 12
EYEBAR 11
FABLER 13
FERBAM 15
GABBER 14
GARBED 12
GARBLE 12
GRABEN 12
HERBAL 12
JABBER 21
JERBOA 18
KEBARS 13
LABRET 10
LAMBER 13
LIBRAE 10
MARBLE 13
NABBER 13
NEARBY 12
PREFAB 15
RABBET 12
RABBLE 13
RAMBLE 13
REDBAY 12
REHABS 11
RUBACE 13
SABRED 10
SERDAB 10
UMBRAE 13
UNBEAR 11
UPBEAR 13
URBANE 11
VERBAL 14
WARBLE 13
YABBER 14
YERBAS 11
ZAREBA 18
ZEBRAS 18
5 letter words with the letters BEAR 
ACERB 11
AMBER 11
BAKER 12
BARBE 11
BARGE 10
BARYE 10
BRACE 11
BRAKE 12
BRAVE 12
BRAZE 17
BREAK 12
BREAM 11
CABER 11
EMBAR 11
KEBAR 12
REHAB 10
YERBA 10
ZEBRA 17
4 letter words with the letters BEAR 
BARE 7
BEAR 7
BRAE 7
3 letter words with the letters BEAR 
ARB 6
ARE 3
BAR 6
BRA 6
EAR 3
ERA 3
REB 6
2 letter words with the letters BEAR 
AB 5
AE 2
AR 2
BA 5
BE 5
ER 2
RE 2

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