| Sounds | beh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. | |
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| Member of | Ursidae, family Ursidae | bears and extinct related forms |
| Narrower | American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus | brown to black North American bear |
| Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus | Bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia | |
| bear cub | A young bear | |
| brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos | large ferocious bear of Eurasia | |
| bruin | A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic 'Reynard the Fox' | |
| ice bear, polar bear, Ursus Maritimus, Thalarctos maritimus | white bear of Arctic regions | |
| sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, Ursus ursinus | Common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia | |
| Broader | carnivore | A terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal |
| Spanish | oso, ursidae | |
| Catalan | ós | |
| Adjectives | ursine | of or relating to or similar to bears |
| Meaning | An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices / prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price / price. | |
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| Broader | investor | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns |
| Opposite | bull | An investor with an optimistic market outlook |
| Spanish | bajista | |
| Catalan | baixista, bear | |
| Meaning | Have. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Narrower | carry | Have on the surface or on the skin |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Spanish | tener | |
| Meaning | Cause to be born. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | give birth, deliver, birth, have | |
| Entails | conceive | Become pregnant |
| Entailed by | labor, labour | Undergo the efforts / efforts of childbirth |
| lie in | Be in confinement for childbirth | |
| Narrower | calve, have young | birth |
| cub | give birth to cubs | |
| drop | give birth | |
| farrow, pig | give birth | |
| fawn | Have fawns | |
| foal | give birth to a foal | |
| have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect | Be pregnant with | |
| kitten | have kittens | |
| lamb | give birth to a lamb | |
| litter | give birth to a litter of animals | |
| twin | give birth to twins | |
| whelp, pup | birth | |
| Broader | produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield |
| Similar to | have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect | Be pregnant with |
| Spanish | alumbrar, dar a luz, entregar, nacer, parir, tener, traer al mundo | |
| Catalan | donar a llum, entregar, parir | |
| Meaning | put up with something or somebody unpleasant. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot bear Sue | |
| Example | "I cannot bear his constant criticism" | |
| Synonyms | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up | |
| Narrower | accept, live with, swallow | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to |
| bear up | endure cheerfully | |
| pay | bear (a cost or penalty) , in recompense for some action | |
| sit out | endure to the end / end | |
| stand for, hold still for | Tolerate or bear | |
| take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense | |
| take lying down | Suffer without protest | |
| Broader | permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
| Similar to | suffer | Experience (emotional) pain |
| Spanish | aguantar, apechar, consentir, digerir, sobrellevar, soportar, sufrir, tolerar | |
| Catalan | aguantar, sofrir, suportar, tolerar | |
| Adjectives | bearable | capable of being borne though unpleasant |
| Meaning | Move while holding up or supporting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Entails | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | |
| Narrower | frogmarch | carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person |
| Broader | transport, carry | Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body |
| Similar to | bear | support or hold in a certain manner |
| Spanish | llevar, traer | |
| Nouns | bearer | a messenger who bears or presents |
| bearer | one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | |
| bearer | someone whose employment involves carrying something | |
| Meaning | bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year". | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | turn out | |
| Narrower | crop | Yield crops |
| fruit | bear fruit | |
| overbear | bear too much | |
| seed | bear seeds | |
| spin off | produce as a consequence of something larger | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| See also | bear out | support / support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm |
| Spanish | dar, producir | |
| Meaning | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She agreed to bear the responsibility" | |
| Synonyms | take over, accept, assume | |
| Narrower | face the music, carry the can | Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| Spanish | aceptar, admitir, adquirir, asumir | |
| Catalan | adquirir, assumir | |
| Meaning | Contain or hold; have within. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hold, carry, contain | |
| Narrower | enclose, hold in, confine | Close in |
| retain | Hold back within | |
| Broader | include | Have as a part, be made up out of |
| Similar to | contain, take, hold | Be capable of holding or containing |
| Spanish | contener, encerrar, llevar, portar, poseer, soportar, sostener | |
| Catalan | contenir, dur, portar, posseir, prendre, sostenir, suportar | |
| Meaning | bring in. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "interest-bearing accounts" | |
| Synonyms | yield, pay | |
| Category | investment, investment funds | money that is invested with an expectation of profit |
| Narrower | net, clear | Yield as a net profit |
| pay off | Yield a profit or result | |
| Broader | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction |
| Spanish | dar, devengar, pagar, producir, rendir | |
| Meaning | Have on one's person. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "bear a scar" | |
| Synonym | wear | |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Spanish | llevar, vestir | |
| Catalan | dur, portar, vestir | |
| Meaning | Behave in a certain manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry | |
| Narrower | assert, put forward | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized |
| deal | Behave in a certain way towards others | |
| fluster | Be flustered | |
| pose, posture | Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | |
| walk around | Behave in a certain manner or have certain properties | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| hold, carry, bear | support or hold in a certain manner | |
| Spanish | comportarse, exiliar | |
| Catalan | captenir-se, comportar-se, conduir-se, exiliar, portar-se | |
| Nouns | bearing | dignified manner or conduct |
| Meaning | Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She bears the title of Duchess" | |
| Synonym | hold | |
| Broader | have, have got, hold | Have or possess / possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense |
| Spanish | ostentar | |
| Nouns | bearer | the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it |
| Meaning | support or hold in a certain manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hold, carry | |
| Narrower | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry | Behave in a certain manner |
| piggyback | support on the back and shoulders | |
| poise, balance | hold or carry in equilibrium | |
| sling | Hold or carry in a sling | |
| stoop | carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward | |
| Similar to | bear | move while holding up or supporting |
| Spanish | llevar, portar | |
| Catalan | portar | |
| Nouns | bearing | characteristic way of bearing one's body |
| Meaning | Be pregnant with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She is bearing his child" | |
| Synonyms | have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect | |
| Entails | conceive | Become pregnant |
| Entailed by | carry to term | carry out a pregnancy |
| Broader | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have | Cause to be born |
| Similar to | expect | look forward to the birth of a child |
| give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have | Cause to be born | |
| Spanish | aguardar, esperar | |
| Catalan | esperar | |
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