BEAR

Definitions for the word, bear

(n.) A bier.

(n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

(n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.

(n.) A portable punching machine.

(n.) Alt. of Bere

(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.

(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.

(n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

(n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

(v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.

(v. i.) To endure with patience; to be patient.

(v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

(v. i.) To press; -- with on or upon, or against.

(v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.

(v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?

(v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

(v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.

(v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

(v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.

(v. t.) To behave; to conduct.

(v. t.) To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.

(v. t.) To carry on, or maintain; to have.

(v. t.) To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.

(v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.

(v. t.) To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.

(v. t.) To gain or win.

(v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct.

(v. t.) To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

(v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor

(v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

(v. t.) To render or give; to bring forward.

(v. t.) To support and remove or carry; to convey.

(v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.

(v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.

(v. t.) To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.