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bare (BAIR) (adjective)
1. Stripped naked, undressed, unclothed, uncovered, unclad: The engineers worked bare to the waist in the broiling sun.
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned: Marina wanted to hang up some paintings on the bare walls of the room.
4. Just enough, scant, meager: Rebekah existed on nothing but the bare necessities of food for six months.
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned: Marina wanted to hang up some paintings on the bare walls of the room.
The kitchen cupboard was bare.
3. Lacking full threads, bald, thin: The carpet was worn bare from years of use.4. Just enough, scant, meager: Rebekah existed on nothing but the bare necessities of food for six months.
bear (BAIR) (noun)
1. The animal, also known as a bruin: The bear was catching salmon in the river.
2. A person who expects the price of stocks to go down and who sells them to avoid losing money: As an investment bear, Irwin is hoping to sell his stocks before the market goes even lower.
2. A person who expects the price of stocks to go down and who sells them to avoid losing money: As an investment bear, Irwin is hoping to sell his stocks before the market goes even lower.
bear (BAIR) (verb)
1. To support, to sustain, or to maintain: These columns bear the weight of the roof.
3. To give birth to, to bring into being, to bring forth: Jack said, "Yes, Coy's mother did bear three fine sons."
Jackson's office will bear the brunt of the work.
2. To transport, to carry, to tote, to haul, to take: The donkeys had to bear supplies up the steep mountain trail.3. To give birth to, to bring into being, to bring forth: Jack said, "Yes, Coy's mother did bear three fine sons."
Is it really possible that a woman could bear eight babies as stated in the news?
4. To go, to move, or to turn in a specified direction: When Lucinda gets into town, she will bear to the north at the first street.A large quadruped bruin normally has thick fur, but if it loses this covering because of some kind of skin disease, it could certainly be a bare bear that will simply have to bear its handicap.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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bear (BAIR)
1. The animal, also known as a bruin: "The bear was catching salmon in the river."
2. Support, sustain, maintain, uphold, endure, tolerate: "These columns bear the weight of the roof." "Our office bears the brunt of the work." "He bears responsibility well."
3. Transport, carry, tote, haul, take: "The donkeys bore supplies up the steep mountain trail."
4. Accompany, lead, escort, conduct: "Bear this gentleman to his quarters."
5. Give birth to, bring into being, bring forth, deliver: "The mother did bear three fine sons."
6. Produce, develop, bring forth, engender, generate: "Fruit trees bear blossoms in early spring."
7. Carry, keep in mind, cherish: "Bear these thoughts with you as you go out into the world of work."
8. Tolerate, abide, endure, stand, put up with, undergo, submit to, suffer: "He can not bear the sound of chalk scraping on a chalk board."
9. Pertain, relate, apply, refer, concern, be pertinent to, affect, have bearing on, have respect to, touch upon: "All of this information bears strongly on the subject under discussion."
10. Warrant, invite, admit, be susceptible to, permit, allow, encourage: "This matter bears investigation."
11. Exhibit, manifest, display, show, have, carry, contain, possess, be equipped with, be furnished with, wear: "The letter bears the salutation 'Dear Madam'."
12. Press, push, bear down, force, drive: "To get this door open, you must bear hard against it."
13. Go in the direction of, aim for, turn, tend, bend, curve, diverge, deviate: "Bear right at the intersection then bear left at the next traffic light."
2. Support, sustain, maintain, uphold, endure, tolerate: "These columns bear the weight of the roof." "Our office bears the brunt of the work." "He bears responsibility well."
3. Transport, carry, tote, haul, take: "The donkeys bore supplies up the steep mountain trail."
4. Accompany, lead, escort, conduct: "Bear this gentleman to his quarters."
5. Give birth to, bring into being, bring forth, deliver: "The mother did bear three fine sons."
6. Produce, develop, bring forth, engender, generate: "Fruit trees bear blossoms in early spring."
7. Carry, keep in mind, cherish: "Bear these thoughts with you as you go out into the world of work."
8. Tolerate, abide, endure, stand, put up with, undergo, submit to, suffer: "He can not bear the sound of chalk scraping on a chalk board."
9. Pertain, relate, apply, refer, concern, be pertinent to, affect, have bearing on, have respect to, touch upon: "All of this information bears strongly on the subject under discussion."
10. Warrant, invite, admit, be susceptible to, permit, allow, encourage: "This matter bears investigation."
11. Exhibit, manifest, display, show, have, carry, contain, possess, be equipped with, be furnished with, wear: "The letter bears the salutation 'Dear Madam'."
12. Press, push, bear down, force, drive: "To get this door open, you must bear hard against it."
13. Go in the direction of, aim for, turn, tend, bend, curve, diverge, deviate: "Bear right at the intersection then bear left at the next traffic light."
Units related to:
“bear”
(Greek: of the bear, bear [the animal]; or the north, northern)
(Latin: carry, bring, bear)
(Latin: bear [the omnivorous animal, a.k.a. a carnivore])
(Old Norse: berserkar, literally, “bear’s skin”; a Norse-myth warrior)
(Latin: to bear, to carry; to produce; to bring)
(Latin: carry, produce; to bear)
(Latin: to bear; to carry)
(Greek > Latin: to bring forth, to bear; producing viable offspring; giving birth to; brood; secreting)
(Greek: bear or carry; support; go)
(Greek > Latin: bearer, to bear, carrying; producing, transmission; directing, turning; originally to carry or to bear children)
(Latin: push lower, bear down on or against)
(Greek > Latin: to bear, to support, to endure)
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“bear”
Bear in the Sky
As one goes north from the equator, the stars of the northern sky seem to climb higher in the sky. Eventually, the most prominent constellation of the northern sky, the "Big Dipper" or "Great Bear" would be overhead at some time of the night.
The Greeks referred to the north as the arctic, from arktos, or "bear". It was the region where the "bear" was overhead. The "Great Bear" is known to modern astronomers by the Latin name Ursa Major.
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arcto-, arct- +
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“bear”
A cross to bear (Luke 14:27)
"And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple."
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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bear-like coat
A double coat consisting of a harsh outer jacket coupled with a soft, dense, woolly undercoat.
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Dog or Canine Terms +
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Great Bear and Little Bear
Common names and translations of Latin terms for the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in that order.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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Ursa Major, Great Bear
The third largest constellation in the sky, in the north polar region.
Its seven brightest stars make up the familiar shape, or asterism, of the Big Dipper. The second star of the handle of the dipper, called Mizar, has a companion star, Alcor.
Two stars forming the far side of the bowl act as pointers to the north star, Polaris. Dubhe, one of them, is the constellation's brightest star.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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Ursa Minor, Little Bear
The "Little Dipper" or small constellation of the northern hemisphere. It is shaped like a dipper, with the bright north pole star Polaris at the end of the handle.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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