bear

• abide
• about-face
• absorb
• accede
• accept
• accommodate
• acquiesce
• acquit
• act
• adopt
• advocate
• affect
• afford
• agree
• aim
• allow
• appertain
• apply
• ask
• assent
• associate
• assume
• await
• back
• be
• beast
• beeline
• beg
• beget
• behave
• bellyacher
• bend
• bide
• birth
• boast
• bolster
• bother
• brace
• breed
• bring
• bring in
• brook
• burden
• buttress
• call for
• calve
• capitulate
• carry
• cart
• case
• challenge
• champion
• check
• cherish
• chore
• claim
• collect
• come about
• come round
• command
• complainer
• comport
• compose
• concern
• conduct
• connect
• consent
• constrain
• contain
• control
• convey
• countenance
• couple
• course
• crab
• crank
• crock
• cross
• crosspatch
• cultivate
• curb
• curmudgeon
• cut
• defeatist
• deliver
• demand
• demean
• deport
• direct
• display
• drop
• drudgery
• dwell
• effort
• embrace
• encase
• enclose
• encompass
• endorse
• endure
• enjoin
• entail
• entertain
• espouse
• exact
• exhibit
• extend
• face
• father
• faultfinder
• ferry
• fetch
• fit
• flaunt
• follow
• forward
• foster
• furnish
• fusser
• generate
• get
• give
• give birth to
• go
• grinch
• grind
• griper
• grouch
• grouser
• growler
• grumbler
• grump
• hack
• hand over
• handle
• hang around
• hang on to
• harbor
• haul
• have
• have to do with
• head
• headache
• heavy lifting
• hold
• hold on to
• house
• hug
• hunks
• hypochondriac
• impersonate
• incline
• inclose
• indorse
• inhibit
• insist
• interest
• interrelate
• involve
• job
• keep
• kicker
• kid
• killer
• killjoy
• kindle
• kitten
• labor
• lack
• lead
• lie
• light out
• link
• litter
• live with
• load
• lodge
• lucubration
• lug
• maintain
• make
• malcontent
• meet
• moderate
• modulate
• mother
• move
• multiply
• murmurer
• mutterer
• nagger
• necessitate
• need
• net
• nitpicker
• nuisance
• nurse
• nurture
• objector
• orient
• overlook
• pack
• parade
• party pooper
• pass
• pay
• pay off
• permit
• pertain
• pessimist
• play
• pocket
• point
• post
• preserve
• press
• produce
• propagate
• provide
• pup
• put
• put about
• put out
• quest
• quibbler
• quiet
• quit
• reaccept
• reassume
• refer
• relate
• remain
• remember
• remove
• repiner
• repress
• reproduce
• require
• reside
• respect
• rest
• restrain
• retain
• return
• reverse
• run
• send
• set off
• set out
• shelter
• shift
• ship
• shoulder
• show
• show off
• sire
• sit
• sorehead
• sourpuss
• span
• spawn
• spoilsport
• sport
• stand
• stand by
• stand for
• station
• stay
• steady
• steer
• stick around
• stick out
• stipulate
• stomach
• strain
• strike
• suffer
• supply
• support
• sustain
• swallow
• sweat
• sweat out
• swerve
• tack
• take
• take off
• take over
• take up
• tarry
• temper
• tie in
• tolerate
• tote
• touch
• tough it out
• transfer
• transmit
• transport
• traverse
• treasure
• treat
• trouble
• truss
• turn
• turn back
• undergird
• underlie
• underpin
• undertake
• uphold
• veer
• wait
• want
• warrant
• wear
• weight
• wheel
• whelp
• whiner
• yaw
• yield

• abandon
• abjure
• abnegate
• abort
• act up
• avoid
• back down
• back off
• backtrack
• breeze
• bypass
• carry on
• cinch
• circumvent
• combat
• contest
• cut up
• decline
• deny
• desert
• detour
• disavow
• discard
• disclaim
• disdain
• dismiss
• disown
• disregard
• dodge
• drop
• duck soup
• elude
• erase
• escape
• evade
• expunge
• fight
• forbear
• forget
• forsake
• give up
• happy camper
• have
• hold
• ignore
• kid stuff
• lose
• misbehave
• miscarry
• misconduct
• miss
• neglect
• oppose
• optimist
• overlook
• own
• pollyanna
• possess
• quit
• recant
• refuse
• reject
• relinquish
• renounce
• repudiate
• resist
• retract
• scorn
• setup
• snap
• spurn
• surrender
• take back
• throw out
• turn down
• unsay
• withdraw

• noun
  1. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae.
  2. A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
  3. An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
  4. A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
  5. A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
  6. A portable punching machine.
  7. A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
  8. The fifteenth Lenormand card.
  9. Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
  10. Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
  11. A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.
• verb
  1. To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
  2. To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
  3. To support, sustain, or endure.
  4. To support, keep up, or maintain.
  5. To press or impinge upon.
  6. To produce, yield, give birth to.
  7. (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
  8. To gain or win.
• adjective
  1. (investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

• The hikers were startled by a bear in the forest.
• She could no longer bear the pain and decided to see a doctor.
• A bear market indicates falling stock prices.
• He tried to bear the weight of the heavy box on his own.
• The children watched a documentary about the polar bear.

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