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bear1 /bār/ transitive verb (bearˈing; bore (archaic bare); borne /börn/)- To carry
- To have
- To convey
- To remove from the board in the final stage of the game (backgammon)
- To sustain or support
- To thrust or drive
- To endure, tolerate
- To admit of
- To purport
- To behave or conduct (oneself)
- To bring forth, give birth to (pap born /börn/ in passive uses except with by)
- To display on one's heraldic shield, to be entitled to (heraldry)
intransitive verb- To suffer
- To be patient
- (with on or upon) to have reference to
- To press (on or upon)
- To lie in, or take, a direction
- To be capable of sustaining weight
- To be productive
noun (Spenser beare /bēr/)- A burden
- Also (Spenser) a bier (see bier)
ORIGIN: OE beran; Gothic bairan, L ferre, Gr pherein; Sans bharati he carries bearˈable adjective Able to be borne or endured bearˈableness noun bearˈably adverb bearˈer noun - A person who or that which bears
- The actual holder of a cheque, etc
- A person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral, a pall-bearer
- A carrier or messenger
- Formerly in India, a personal, household or hotel servant
bearˈing noun - Demeanour
- Direction
- A supporting surface
- Relation, relevance
- A heraldic device or coat of arms
- The part of a machine that bears friction, esp part of a shaft or axle and its support (sometimes in pl; see ball-bearing under ball1)
bearer bill, bond, security, etc noun A bond, etc which has been made out to be payable to the person in possession of it bearing cloth noun (historical) A gown worn at a child's baptism bearing rein noun A fixed rein between the bit and the saddle, by which a horse's head is held up and its neck made to arch bear a hand see under hand bear away - To sail away
- To carry away
bear down - To overthrow
- To press downwards
- In childbirth, to exert downward muscular pressure
- (with upon or towards) to sail with the wind (towards)
- (with upon) to approach (someone or something) rapidly and purposefully
bear hard (Shakespeare) To have ill-will to bear hard or heavily upon (lit and figurative) - To press heavily on
- To oppress, afflict
bear in hand - To make out, maintain (archaic)
- To keep in expectation, to flatter someone's hopes (Shakespeare)
bear in mind - To remember (that)
- To think of, take into consideration
bear in upon (usu in passive) to impress upon, or to make realize, esp by degrees bear out To corroborate bear up To keep up one's spirits bear up for To sail towards (a place) bear with To make allowance for, be patient with bear witness see witness bring to bear To bring into operation (against or upon) find, get (or lose) one's bearings To ascertain (or to become uncertain of) one's position or orientation witness /witˈnis/ noun- Someone who sees or has personal knowledge of an event, etc
- Someone who gives evidence
- Someone whose signature confirms the genuineness of a document, or of a signature already added
- A remnant of original surface or scribed line, left during machining or hand-working to prove that a minimum quantity of material has been removed or an outline accurately preserved (engineering)
- (something that is) proof or evidence of anything
- Knowledge brought in proof
- Testimony of a fact
transitive verb- To have direct knowledge of
- (loosely) to see
- (of a place or period) to be the scene or setting of
- (of a person) to live through
- To give testimony to
- To attest
- To act as legal witness of
- To sign, to add one's signature in confirmation of the genuineness of (a document, another's signature, etc)
- To show
- To evince (archaic)
intransitive verb- To give evidence
- (with to) to confirm, attest to
ORIGIN: OE (ge)witnes, from (ge)wit; see wit1 witˈnesser noun witness box or (US) witness stand noun The enclosure in which a witness stands when giving evidence in a court of law bear witness To give or be evidence (esp with to) with a witness (Shakespeare) With a vengeance witness (such and such) Let (such and such) serve as evidence |