Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
bear (noun)1.
any of a family (Ursidae of the order Carnivora) of large heavy mammals of America and Eurasia that have long shaggy hair, tails, and feet and feed largely on fruit, plant matter, and insects as well as on flesh - rudimentary plantigrade
2.
a surly, , burly, or shambling person - uncouth a tall, friendly bear of a man
3.
probably from the proverb about one that sells or in expectation of a price decline - securities commodities compare bull
4.
something difficult to do or deal with - the oven is a bear to clean
transitive verb
1.
a) to move while holding up and supporting (something)
b) to be equipped or with (something) - furnished
c) - behave conduct bearing himself well
d) to have as a feature or characteristic - bears a likeness to her grandmother
e) to give as - testimony bear false witness
f) to have as an identification - bore the name of John
g) to hold in the mind or emotions - bear malice
h) - disseminate
i) - lead escort
j) - render give
2.
a) to give birth to
b) to produce as - yield
c) (1) to permit growth of
(2) - contain oil-bearing shale
3.
a) to support the weight of - sustain
b) to accept or allow oneself to be subjected to especially without giving way - couldn't bear the pain I can't bear seeing you cry
c) to call for as suitable or - essential it bears watching
d) to hold above, on top, or aloft
e) to admit of - allow
f) - assume accept
4.
intransitive verb
- thrust press
1.
to produce fruit - yield
2.
a) to force one's way
b) to extend in a direction indicated or implied
c) to be situated - lie
d) to become directed
e) to go or incline in an indicated direction
3.
to support a weight or strain - often used with up
4.
a) to exert influence or force
b) - apply pertain often used with on or upon facts bearing on the question
river 350 (563 ) Utah, Wyoming, & Idaho flowing to Great Salt Lake - miles kilometers N SW SE
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
bear (noun)1.
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
SYNONIMS:
bear, beast, headache, job, killer, laborRELATED WORDS:
drudgery, grind, heavy lifting, lucubration; effort, strain, sweat; burden, load, weight; bother, nuisance, troubleNEAR ANTONYMS:
breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, setup, snap2.
an irritable and complaining person
SYNONIMS:
bear, bellyacher, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, crosspatch, curmudgeon, fusser, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, sourpuss, whinerRELATED WORDS:
hunks; malcontent, sorehead; grinch, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport; defeatist, pessimist; faultfinder, kicker, nagger, nitpicker, objector, quibbler, repiner; crock [], hypochondriacNEAR ANTONYMS:
optimist, Pollyanna; happy camper1.
to bring forth from the womb
SYNONIMS:
birth, deliver, drop, have, mother, produceRELATED WORDS:
labor; breed, multiply, propagate, reproduce, spawn; beget, father, generate, get, sire; calve, kid, kindle, kitten, litter, pup, whelpNEAR ANTONYMS:
abort, lose, miscarry2.
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
SYNONIMS:
abide, absorb, accept, bide, brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wearRELATED WORDS:
allow, permit, suffer, swallow; reconcile (to); acquiesce, agree (with to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)NEAR ANTONYMS:
decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down; combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist; avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)3.
to have a relation or connection
SYNONIMS:
appertain, bear, pertain, refer, relateRELATED WORDS:
affect, concern, interest, involve, touch; associate, connect, couple, interrelate, link, tie in; deal (with), treat4.
to go on a specified course or in a certain direction
SYNONIMS:
bear, makeRELATED WORDS:
aim, bend, direct, point, turn; beeline, light out, put, put out, set off, set out, strike, take off; face, orient, steer; about-face, back, come about, come round, cut, incline, put about, reverse, swerve, tack, turn back, veer, wheel, yaw5.
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
SYNONIMS:
bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, upholdRELATED WORDS:
steady, truss, underlie6.
to keep in one's mind or heart
SYNONIMS:
bear, cherish, entertain, have, hold, nurseRELATED WORDS:
cultivate, foster, nurture, support, sustain; carry, keep, maintain, preserve, remember, retain, treasure; cleave (to), cling (to), hug, stick (to); brood (about over), fixate (on upon), obsess (about over)NEAR ANTONYMS:
disregard, drop, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook; abjure, decline, deny, disdain, refuse, reject, repudiate, scorn; abandon, desert, discard, forsake, give up, part (with), quit, renounce, throw out; erase, expunge7.
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
SYNONIMS:
acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, demean, deport, quitRELATED WORDS:
check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, curb, handle, inhibit, quiet, repress, restrain; moderate, modulate, temper; act, impersonate, playNEAR ANTONYMS:
act up, carry on, cut up, misbehave, misconduct8.
to support and take from one place to another
SYNONIMS:
bear, cart, convey, ferry, haul, lug, pack, tote, transportRELATED WORDS:
deliver, hand over, transfer; forward, send, ship, transmit; bring, fetch, take; move, remove, shift9.
to take to or upon oneself
SYNONIMS:
accept, bear, shoulder, take over, undertakeRELATED WORDS:
adopt, embrace, take up; advocate, back, champion, endorse ( indorse), espouse, stand by, support, uphold; accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent; reaccept, reassumeNEAR ANTONYMS:
abjure, recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from); avoid, bypass, detour; abandon, abnegate, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender; back down, back off, backtrack10.
to wear or have on one's person
SYNONIMS:
bear, packRELATED WORDS:
flaunt, show off, sport; display, exhibit, parade, show11.
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction
SYNONIMS:
bear, extend, go, head, lead, lieRELATED WORDS:
cross, cut, pass; course, follow, span, traverse12.
to have as a requirement
SYNONIMS:
bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, require, take, want, warrantRELATED WORDS:
entail, involve; ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for); hurt (for), lack; command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulateNEAR ANTONYMS:
own, possess13.
to have within
SYNONIMS:
bear, boast, holdRELATED WORDS:
accommodate, fit, take; case, encase, enclose ( inclose), encompass; harbor, house, lodge, shelter14.
to occupy a place or location
SYNONIMS:
be, bear, lie, sitRELATED WORDS:
command, overlook; hang around, remain, rest, stay, stick around, tarry; await, wait; post, station; dwell, reside15.
to produce as revenue
SYNONIMS:
bear, give, pay, returnRELATED WORDS:
bring in, net; afford, furnish, provide, supply; pay offto push steadily against with some force
SYNONIMS:
bear (down on), depress, shove, weigh (on upon)RELATED WORDS:
compress, mash, punch, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh; compel, force, pressure; lean (on against), muscle; drive, propel, thrust; compact, condense, constrict, contract, crush, scrunch, wring; cram, jam, jam-pack, pack, stuff, wedge