1. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "I cannot bear his constant criticism";
   - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
    
2. Move while holding up or supporting
   "Bear gifts"; "bearing orders"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"
    
3. Cause to be born
   "My wife bore twins yesterday!";
   - give birth, deliver, birth, have
    
4. Bring forth
   "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers";
   - turn out
    
5. Have as a feature; convey
   "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
    
6. Be pregnant with
   "She is bearing his child";
   - have a bun in the oven [informal], carry, gestate, expect
    
7. Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
   "bear a grudge";
   - harbor [N. Amer], harbour [Brit, Cdn], hold, entertain, nurse
    
8. Have or maintain something within or upon
   "The canteen bears fresh water";
   - hold, carry, contain
    
9. Have on one's person
   "bear a scar";
   - wear
    
10. Support or hold in a certain manner
    "She bears her head high";
    - hold, carry
     
11. (investment) bring in
    "interest-bearing accounts";
    - yield, pay
     
12. Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
    "She agreed to bear the responsibility";
    - take over, accept, assume
     
13. Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
    "She bears the title of Duchess";
    - hold
     
14. Show a certain behaviour; conduct or comport oneself
    "She bears herself with dignity";
    - act, behave, do, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry
     
15. Move, proceed or be located in a specified direction
    "bear left at the next junction"

1. Large mammal with long shaggy coat and strong claws
   "The black bear is the most common bear species in North America, but they are less likely to attack humans than grizzly bears"
    
2. An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
   "The bear sold all his stocks before the market crash"
    
3. A large hairy or rough man
   "The burly bear of a man towered over everyone else in the room"

Sounds like: bare

Derived forms: borne, bore, bears, bearing

See also: corroborate

Type of: act, allow, bring forth, bring in, carnivore, carry, clear, countenance, create, earn, experience, feature, feel, gain, have, have got, hold, hold up, include, investor, let, make, move, permit, produce, pull in [informal], realise [Brit], realize, support, sustain, take, take in, transport

Antonym: bull

Part of: family Ursidae, Ursidae

Encyclopedia: Bear, Idaho