BEAR


Meaning of BEAR in English

verb

1.

Synonyms: carry 1, buck, convey, ferry, ||hump, ||jag, lug, pack, tote, transport

Related Word: shoulder

2.

Synonyms: behave 1, acquit, act, carry, comport, conduct, demean, deport, go on, quit

3.

to have attached to one

the bottle bears the label "poisonous"

Synonyms: carry, have, possess

Related Word: display, exhibit, show

Contrasted words: lack, need, want

4.

Synonyms: accompany , attend, ||bring, ||carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort (with), convoy, escort

5.

to give birth to offspring

she has borne several children

Synonyms: ||birth, ||born, bring forth, deliver

Idioms: bring abed, bring to bed, bring to birth, give birth to, have a baby

Contrasted words: abort, miscarry

6.

Synonyms: press 8, squeeze

7.

Synonyms: press 1, crowd, crush, jam, push, ||squab, squash, squeeze, squish, squush

8.

Synonyms: procreate 1, beget, breed, generate, multiply, produce, propagate, reproduce

9.

to bring forth a product

the apple trees bear every year

Synonyms: produce, turn out, yield

Related Word: breed, engender, generate, propagate, reproduce; fructify, fruit; fabricate, fashion, form, make, shape; create, invent

10.

to put up with something trying or difficult

can't bear the tension of the work

Synonyms: abide, brook, digest, endure, go, lump, stand, ||stick, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, sweat out, take, tolerate; compare accept

Related Word: afflict, torment, torture, try; allow, condone, countenance, permit; acquiesce, bow, defer, submit, yield

Idioms: make do, put up with, take lying down

Contrasted words: decline, refuse, reject, spurn; avoid, bypass, elude, evade, shun

11.

Synonyms: head 3, light out, make, set out, strike out, take off

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