The Meaning of bear

• (v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.
• (v. t.) To support and remove or carry; to convey.
• (v. t.) To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
• (v. t.) To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
• (v. t.) To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
• (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 possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
• (v. t.) To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
• (v. t.) To gain or win.
• (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
• (v. t.) To render or give; to bring forward.
• (v. t.) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
• (v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
• (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct.
• (v. t.) To behave; to conduct.
• (v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.
• (v. t.) To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
• (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
• (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
• (v. i.) To endure with patience; to be patient.
• (v. i.) To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
• (v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
• (v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
• (v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
• (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
• (n.) A bier.
• (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.) 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.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
• (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
• (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.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
• (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.
• (n.) Alt. of Bere

Synonyms

give birth , deliver , birth , have , digest , endure , stick out , stomach , stand , tolerate , support , brook , abide , suffer , put up , turn out , take over , accept , assume , hold , carry , contain , yield , pay , wear , behave , acquit , deport , conduct , comport , carry , hold , hold , carry , have a bun in the oven , carry , gestate , expect

Antonyms

bull

Homophones

baer , bahr , bair , bare , behr

Rhymes

abair , adair , adaire , addair , aer , affair , air , alair , alastair , allaire , almaguer , altair , anywhere , armchair , astaire , aware , ayre , baehr , baer , bahr , bair , bakeware , bancaire , bare , beaufrere , behr , belair , belaire , bellemare , beware , bezaire , billionaire , blair , blare , canadair , care , chair , cher , childcare , clair , claire , clare , comair , compare , concessionaire , convair , cookware , corriere , dare , darr , daycare , debonair , declare , delair , delaware , derr , despair , dinnerware , disrepair , doctrinaire , dreher , earthenware , elsewhere , ensnare , ere , err , euromobiliare , everywhere , extraordinaire , eyre , fair , faire , fanfare , fare , fehr , ferre , flair , flare , flatware , footware , footwear , forebear , forswear , foursquare , fraire , frere , freyre , frontiere , gare , gehr , geniere , gisclair , glare , glassware , glenayre , groupware , guerre , hair , haire , hairr , hardware , hare , healthcare , hehr , heir , herr , herre , icelandair , impair , javier , jeanpierre , kahre , kehr , khmer , kitchenware , klare , knerr , knitwear , kreher , lair , lare , larosiere , laterriere , laware , leclaire , lefrere , legionnaire , lehr , lemaire , longhair , macnair , mair , mare , mayfair , mcnair , medicare , mehr , mer , midair , millionaire , mohair , montclair , multimillionaire , nair , nationair , neckwear , nightmare , nowhere , ohare , opere , outerwear , pair , pare , pear , pentair , pershare , phair , pierre , plair , praxair , prayer , prepare , questionnaire , rare , reher , repair , sare , sayre , scare , schehr , scherr , sehr , serr , share , silverware , sinclair , sleepwear , snare , software , solitaire , somewhere , spare , sportswear , square , stair , stare , stehr , sterr , stoneware , swear , swimwear , swissair , tableware , takecare , tear , terre , their , there , thoroughfare , threadbare , traer , unaware , underwear , unfair , usair , voltaire , ware , warfare , wear , wehr , welfare , werre , westair , wheelchair , where , whitehair , zehr