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1. Have
   "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
    
2. Cause to be born
   - give birth, deliver, birth, have
    
3. 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
    
4. Move while holding up or supporting
   "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
    
5. Bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
   "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
   - turn out
    
6. Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
   "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
   - take over, accept, assume
    
7. Contain or hold; have within
   - hold, carry, contain
    
8. Bring in
   "interest-bearing accounts"
   - yield, pay
    
9. Have on one's person
   "bear a scar"
   - wear
    
10. Behave in a certain manner
    "he bore himself with dignity"
    - behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry
     
11. Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
    "She bears the title of Duchess"
    - hold
     
12. Support or hold in a certain manner
    - hold, carry
     
13. Be pregnant with
    "She is bearing his child"
    - have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect

1. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
    
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

Sounds like: bare

Derived forms: borne, bearing, bore, bears

See also: bear out, bearable, bearer, bearing, ursine

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

Antonym: bull

Part of: family Ursidae, Ursidae

Encyclopedia: Bear Bear, Greg Bear, Stearns, and Company Bear, Stearns & Company Bear, AKA D7101 Bear, DE Bear, Delaware