Meaning

36 senses
  1. (transitive)To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.

    to bear a railroad stock

    to bear the market

  2. (transitive)To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    They came bearing gifts.

    Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.

  3. To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    (transitive)To carry (weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with (weapons, etc.).

    the right to bear arms

    tragen, ausgerüstet sein mit, sein mit

    носи́тьnosítʹ, нести́nestí

  4. (transitive)To wear (garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.).

    The queen bore the royal scepter and crown as she processed into the hall.

  5. (intransitive, rare, transitive)To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).

    The scan showed that the ewe was bearing twins.

    be pregnant with

  6. (transitive)To have or display (a mark or other feature).

    She still bears the scars from a cycling accident.

    The stone bears a short inscription.

    have

  7. (transitive)To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.

    The shield bore a red cross.

  8. (transitive)To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).

    He bore the look of a defeated man.

  9. (transitive)To have (a name, title, or designation).

    The school still bears the name of its founder.

    have on one's person

  10. (transitive)To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).

    The dictator bears a terrible reputation for cruelty.

  11. (transitive, usually)To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.

    The bond bears a fixed interest rate of 3.5%.

  12. (transitive)To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).

    Only the male Indian elephant bears tusks.

Examples

1472 sentences
  1. A bear can climb a tree.

    Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах.

    ruМедведь может залезть на дерево.

    deEin Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern.

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  2. How long does a bear sleep?

    Як довго спить ведмідь?

    ruСколько времени спит медведь?

    deWie lange schläft ein Bär?

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  3. I'm as hungry as a bear.

    Я страшенно голодний.

    ruЯ голодный как волк.

    deIch habe einen Bärenhunger.

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  4. Wounded bears are usually very dangerous.

    Ранені ведмеді, як правило, дуже небезпечні.

    ruРаненые медведи, как правило, очень опасны.

    deVerletzte Bären sind gewöhnlich sehr gefährlich.

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  5. Are there any bears around here?

    Тут водяться ведмеді?

    ruВ этих окрестностях появляются медведи?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to carry:
to tolerate, to put up with:
to produce or yield:
Русский
By meaning 8
to carry:
to possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind:
to declare as testimony:
to support or sustain:
to endure with patience; to be patient:
to tolerate, to put up with:
to produce or yield:
to be in a specific direction:
Deutsch
By meaning 11
to carry:
to wear or display:
to suffer, as in carrying a burden:
to be equipped with:
to possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind:
to declare as testimony:
to manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct oneself:
to endure with patience; to be patient:
to tolerate, to put up with:
to produce or yield:
to be in a specific direction:

Origin

From Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Prot

From Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”).

From Middle English beren (“carry, bring forth”), from Old English beran (“to carry, bear, bring”), from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti, from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

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Forms

bears, bearing, beared, beared
Base formbear · to bear
3rd person singularbears
Present participlebearing
Past simplebeared / bore
Past participlebeared / borne / bore / born

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybear
he, she, itbears

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beared
he, she, ithas beared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bear

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

52 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

39 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • bare bare
  • bare bare hands
  • can't bear
  • teddy bear
  • his teddy bear
  • couldn't bear the
  • can't bear to
  • were bare bare
  • the bare bare
  • your bare bare
  • my bare bare
  • by a bear

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bear — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto