BEAR

Bear ( n. ) - A bier.

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

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

Bear ( n. ) - A portable punching machine.

Bear ( n. ) - Alt. of Bere

Bear ( 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bear ( v. t. ) - To gain or win.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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