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