bear
verb
[ bɛː ]
• carry the weight of; support.
• "the bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their nests"
Similar:
support,
carry,
hold up,
prop up,
keep up,
bolster up,
brace,
shore up,
underpin,
buttress,
reinforce,
• endure (an ordeal or difficulty).
• "she bore the pain stoically"
Similar:
endure,
tolerate,
put up with,
stand,
suffer,
abide,
submit to,
experience,
undergo,
go through,
countenance,
brook,
brave,
weather,
support,
stick,
stomach,
swallow,
• (of a person) carry (someone or something).
• "he was bearing a tray of brimming glasses"
Similar:
carry,
bring,
transport,
move,
convey,
take,
fetch,
haul,
lug,
shift,
deliver,
tote,
• give birth to (a child).
• "she bore six daughters"
Similar:
give birth to,
bring forth,
deliver,
be delivered of,
have,
mother,
create,
produce,
spawn,
conceive,
breed,
procreate,
reproduce,
birth,
drop,
beget,
engender,
be brought to bed of,
• turn and proceed in a specified direction.
• "bear left and follow the old drove road"
Similar:
veer,
curve,
swerve,
incline,
turn,
fork,
diverge,
deviate,
bend,
go,
move,
tack,
sheer,
Origin:
Old English beran, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bharati, Greek pherein, and Latin ferre .
bear
noun
• a large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. Bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.
• a large, heavy, cumbersome man.
• "a lumbering bear of a man"
• a person who sells shares hoping to buy them back later at a lower price.
Origin:
Old English bera, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch beer and German Bär .
