BPage 104
- English Word Bear Definition To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
- English Word Bear Definition To render or give; to bring forward.
- English Word Bear Definition To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- English Word Bear Definition To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- English Word Bear Definition To manage, wield, or direct.
- English Word Bear Definition To behave; to conduct.
- English Word Bear Definition To afford; to be to; to supply with.
- English Word Bear Definition To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
- English Word Bear Definition To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
- English Word Bear Definition To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- English Word Bear Definition To endure with patience; to be patient.
- English Word Bear Definition To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
- English Word Bear Definition To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
- English Word Bear Definition To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
- English Word Bear Definition To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- English Word Bear Definition To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
- English Word Bear Definition A bier.
- English Word Bear Definition Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
- English Word Bear Definition 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.
- English Word Bear Definition One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.