| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | bear | Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws |
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| 2 | bear | An investor with a pessimistic market outlook | |
| VERB | 1 | bear | Have |
| 2 | bear, give birth, deliver, birth, have | Give birth (to a newborn) | |
| 3 | bear, digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up | Put up with something or somebody unpleasant | |
| 4 | bear | Move while holding up or supporting | |
| 5 | bear, turn out | Bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" | |
| 6 | bear, take over, accept, assume | Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | |
| 7 | bear, hold, carry, contain | Contain or hold | |
| 8 | bear, yield, pay | Bring in | |
| 9 | bear, wear | Have on one's person | |
| 10 | bear, behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry | Behave in a certain manner | |
| 11 | bear, hold | Have rightfully | |
| 12 | bear, hold, carry | Support or hold in a certain manner | |
| 13 | bear, have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect | Be pregnant with |
| Sounds | beh'r |
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| Rhymes | affair, air, airfare, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. |
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| Member of | Ursidae, family Ursidae |
| Narrower | brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos; bruin; American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus; Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus; ice bear, polar bear, Ursus Maritimus, Thalarctos maritimus; sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, Ursus ursinus |
| Broader | carnivore |
| Adjectives | ursine |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Broader | investor |
| Contrary | bull |
| Meaning | Have. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature" |
| Narrower | carry |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Meaning | Give birth (to a newborn). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | give birth, deliver, birth, have |
| Entails | conceive |
| Entailed by | lie in; labor, labour |
| Narrower | twin; drop; foal; kitten; lamb; litter; have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect |
| Broader | produce, bring forth |
| Similar to | have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect |
| Meaning | Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot bear Sue |
| Examples | "I cannot bear his constant criticism" |
| Synonyms | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up |
| Narrower | accept, live with, swallow; stand for, hold still for; bear up; take lying down; take a joke; take, undergo, submit; sit out; pay |
| Broader | permit, allow, let, countenance |
| Similar to | suffer |
| Meaning | Move while holding up or supporting. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" |
| Entails | move; move, displace |
| Narrower | frogmarch; piggyback |
| Broader | transport, carry |
| Nouns | bearer; bearer; bearer |
| Meaning | Bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year". |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | turn out |
| Narrower | spin off; seed; crop; overbear; fruit |
| Broader | make, create |
| See also | bear out |
| Meaning | Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She agreed to bear the responsibility" |
| Synonyms | take over, accept, assume |
| Narrower | face the music, carry-the can |
| Broader | take |
| Meaning | Contain or hold. Have within. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | hold, carry, contain |
| Narrower | retain; surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring; enclose, hold in, confine |
| Broader | include |
| Similar to | contain, take, hold |
| Meaning | Bring in. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "interest-bearing accounts" |
| Synonyms | yield, pay |
| Category | investment, investment funds |
| Narrower | net, clear; pay off |
| Broader | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in |
| Meaning | Have on one's person. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "bear a scar" |
| Synonyms | wear |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Meaning | Behave in a certain manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
| Narrower | fluster; assert, put forward; deal; walk around; pose, posture |
| Broader | hold, carry, bear; act, move |
| Similar to | hold, carry, bear |
| Nouns | bearing |
| Meaning | Have rightfully. Of rights, titles, and offices. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She bears the title of Duchess" |
| Synonyms | hold |
| Broader | have, have got, hold |
| Nouns | bearer |
| Meaning | Support or hold in a certain manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | hold, carry |
| Narrower | stoop; piggyback; poise, balance; behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
| Similar to | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
| Nouns | bearing |
| Meaning | Be pregnant with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "She is bearing his child" |
| Synonyms | have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect |
| Entails | conceive |
| Entailed by | carry to term |
| Broader | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have |
| Similar to | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have; expect |