bear
Noun
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Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws (synset 102134305)
is a type of: carnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammalsubtypes:
- 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'
- american black bear, black bear, euarctos americanus, ursus americanus - brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
- asiatic black bear, black bear, selenarctos thibetanus, ursus thibetanus - bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
- ice bear, polar bear, thalarctos maritimus, ursus maritimus - white bear of Arctic regions
- melursus ursinus, sloth bear, ursus ursinus - common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia
belongs to: family ursidae, ursidae - bears and extinct related forms -
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 (synset 109864599)is a type of: investor - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
Verb
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Have (synset 202636952)
"bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"subtypes: carry - have on the surface or on the skin
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Cause to be born (synset 200056644)
"My wife had twins yesterday!"entail: conceive - become pregnant; undergo conceptionis a type of: bring forth, produce - bring forth or yieldsubtypes:
- twin - give birth to twins
- drop - give birth; used for animals
- foal - give birth to a foal
- cub - give birth to cubs
- kitten - give birth to kittens
- lamb - give birth to a lamb
- litter - give birth to a litter of animals
- pup, whelp - give birth to (a puppy)
- farrow, pig - give birth to (piglets)
- fawn - have fawns
- calve, have young - give birth to (a calf)
- bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven - be pregnant with
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Put up with something or somebody unpleasant (synset 200670017)
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"subtypes:
- accept, live with, swallow - tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear
- bear up - endure cheerfully
- take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
- take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense
- sit out - endure to the end
- pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
verb group: suffer - experience (emotional) pain -
Move while holding up or supporting (synset 201435234)
"Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"entail:is a type of: carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's bodysubtypes: frogmarch - carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person
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Bring forth (synset 201655681)
"The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"subtypes:same as: turn out
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Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person (synset 202306786)
"I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"is a type of: take - take into one's possessionsubtypes: carry the can, face the music - accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
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Contain or hold;
Have within (synset 202706727)"The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"is a type of: include - have as a part, be made up out of -
Bring in (synset 202296669)
"interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"referred to in: investment, investment funds - money that is invested with an expectation of profit
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Have on one's person (synset 200047462)
"He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"same as: wear
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Behave in a certain manner (synset 202523827)
"She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"is a type of:subtypes:
- fluster - be flustered; behave in a confused manner
- assert, put forward - insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- deal - behave in a certain way towards others
- walk around - behave in a certain manner or have certain properties
- pose, posture - behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
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Have rightfully;
Of rights, titles, and offices (synset 202307200)"She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"same as: hold -
Support or hold in a certain manner (synset 201604155)
"She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"subtypes:
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Be pregnant with (synset 200058790)
"She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"entail: conceive - become pregnant; undergo conception
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