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What does the word bear mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To support at rest; sustain.

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To show; display; exhibit.

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To suffer; endure; hold; maintain.

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To produce; give birth to; yield fruit.

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To conduct ( oneself); behave.

Part of speech: verb transitive

Finance. To depress the price of ( stocks, etc.).

Part of speech: noun

A large carnivorous animal, with massive body and short tail.

Part of speech: noun

A speculator who seeks to depress prices.

Part of speech: noun

One of two constellations; the Great Bear or Little Bear. See URSA MAJOR, etc.

Usage examples for bear

My niece could bear it no more, and said,- " How I pity you, dear uncle!" – The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
I can't bear to think of them. – Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Various
And I shall bear it. – Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

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