bear : Idioms & Phrases

• noun brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
  Ursus arctos middendorffi; Alaskan brown bear; Ursus middendorffi; Kodiak.
  

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• noun brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
  Euarctos americanus; American black bear; Ursus americanus.
  

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• noun large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
  tamanoir; Myrmecophaga jubata; great anteater; giant anteater.
  
• noun nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
  aardvark; Orycteropus afer; anteater.
  

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Ant"-bear` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

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• noun heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
  bearing; charge; armorial bearing.
  

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• noun heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
  bearing; charge; armorial bearing.
  

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• . See Arms, 4.

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• noun bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
  Ursus thibetanus; Asiatic black bear; Selenarctos thibetanus.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Koala.

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• noun bearings containing small metal balls
  ball bearing; needle bearing.
  

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• noun bearings containing small metal balls
  ball bearing; needle bearing.
  

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• a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls.

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• (Zoöl.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe.

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• noun a state in the southwestern United States
  Silver State; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State.
  

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• verb come into existence through birth
  
  • She was born on a farm

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• verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
  take away; carry away; carry off; bear away.
  
  • Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands
  • The car carried us off to the meeting
  • I'll take you away on a holiday
  • I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry

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• the sport of baiting bears with dogs.

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• noun reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
  Ailurus fulgens; red panda; bear cat; lesser panda; panda.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia.

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• noun almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw
  bear claw.
  
• noun an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery
  
• noun claw of a bear; often used in jewelry
  

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• noun a young bear
  

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• verb exert a force with a heavy weight
  drag down; press down on; bear down; weigh down.
  
  • The snow bore down on the roof
• verb contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
  overbear.
  
• verb to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
  charge.
  
  • he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
• verb exert full strength
  
  • The pitcher bore down
• verb pay special attention to
  
  • The lectures bore down on the political background
• verb exert a force or cause a strain upon
  
  • This tax bears down on the lower middle class

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• verb sail towards another vessel, of a ship
  bear down on.
  
• verb exert a force with a heavy weight
  drag down; press down on; bear down; weigh down.
  
  • The snow bore down on the roof

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• verb sail towards another vessel, of a ship
  bear down on.
  

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• . (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold.

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• noun yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
  Yucca smalliana.
  
• noun yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
  Yucca glauca.
  
• noun stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
  Nolina microcarpa.
  
• noun plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
  Xerophyllum tenax; squaw grass.
  

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• noun a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent
  
• noun a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
  

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• verb keep in mind
  mind.
  

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• one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.

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• noun a market characterized by falling prices for securities
  

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• noun shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets
  Quercus ilicifolia.
  

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• verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
  take away; carry away; carry off; bear away.
  
  • Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands
  • The car carried us off to the meeting
  • I'll take you away on a holiday
  • I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry

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• verb be relevant to
  touch on; relate; pertain; have-to doe with; touch; come to; refer; concern.
  
  • There were lots of questions referring to her talk
  • My remark pertained to your earlier comments
• verb have an effect upon
  impact; touch on; bear on; touch; affect.
  
  • Will the new rules affect me?
• verb press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
  push.
  
  • He pushed her to finish her doctorate
• verb keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
  carry on; preserve; continue; uphold.
  
  • preserve the peace in the family
  • continue the family tradition
  • Carry on the old traditions

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• verb support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
  corroborate; support; underpin.
  
  • The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

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• noun almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw
  bear claw.
  

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• verb endure cheerfully
  
  • She bore up under the enormous strain

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• verb have an effect upon
  impact; touch on; bear on; touch; affect.
  
  • Will the new rules affect me?

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• verb provide evidence for
  show; evidence; testify; prove.
  
  • The blood test showed that he was the father
  • Her behavior testified to her incompetence
• verb give testimony in a court of law
  attest; testify; take the stand.
  

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• noun widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
  bear's breech; Acanthus mollis; sea holly.
  

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• noun widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
  bear's breech; Acanthus mollis; sea holly.
  

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• noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
  auricula; Primula auricula.
  

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• noun digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
  stinking hellebore; Helleborus foetidus; setterwort.
  

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• noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
  sand berry; mountain box; creashak; common bearberry; wild cranberry; mealberry; sandberry; hog cranberry; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; red bearberry.
  

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Bear's"-breech` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) See Acanthus, n., 1. (b) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior.

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Bear's-ear` noun

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1. (Bot.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

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Bear's"-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

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Bear's"-paw` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.

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• noun epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines
  Aglaomorpha meyeniana.
  

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• adjective satellite large as a bear
  

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• noun a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing
  

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Bear"ing cloth`

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1. A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.

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• noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  perjury; lying under oath.
  

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• noun an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings
  white metal.
  

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• noun a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position
  checkrein.
  

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Bear"ing rein`

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1. A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

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• noun any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building
  

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• noun bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
  Ursus thibetanus; Asiatic black bear; Selenarctos thibetanus.
  
• noun brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
  Euarctos americanus; American black bear; Ursus americanus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common American bear (Ursus Americanus).

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• adjective satellite spiritually reborn or converted
  reborn; converted.
  
  • a born-again Christian

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• noun a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus
  

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• verb bring into operation or effect
  
  • The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N.

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• noun large ferocious bear of Eurasia
  Ursus arctos; bruin.
  

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• noun reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
  Ailurus fulgens; red panda; bear cat; lesser panda; panda.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelæus) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves.

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• noun reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear
  

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• adjective satellite being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
  city-bred; citified; cityfied.
  

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• adjective satellite of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
  coniferous.
  

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• noun large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
  Ailuropoda melanoleuca; giant panda; panda; coon bear.
  

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• any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing.

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Fool"-born` adjective

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1. Begotten by a fool. Shak.

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• adjective satellite of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
  nonnative.
  
  • our large nonnative population

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• noun a right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution
  

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• adjective satellite of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality)
  

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• adjective satellite containing gold
  auriferous.
  
  • auriferous quartz veins

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• noun a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
  Ursa Major.
  

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• (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Grizzly.

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• noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
  silver-tip; grizzly; silvertip; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.

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• noun heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
  bearing; charge; armorial bearing.
  

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• noun arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
  Potos caudivolvulus; kinkajou; Potos flavus; potto.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Kinkajou.

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• noun white bear of Arctic regions
  Thalarctos maritimus; ice bear; Ursus Maritimus.
  

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• adjective of financial obligations on which interest is paid
  

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• noun the bearing of a journal
  

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• (Mach.) the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.

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• (Zoöl.), the aswail or sloth bear.

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• noun sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
  Phascolarctos cinereus; koala; koala bear; kangaroo bear.
  

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• noun sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
  Phascolarctos cinereus; koala; koala bear; kangaroo bear.
  

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• noun brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
  Ursus arctos middendorffi; Alaskan brown bear; Ursus middendorffi; Kodiak.
  

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• noun a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
  Ursa Minor.
  

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• adjective producing living young (not eggs)
  viviparous.
  

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• adjective satellite capable of bearing a structural load
  supporting.
  
  • a supporting wall

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• noun British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
  Born.
  

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• adjective satellite as naked as at birth
  in one's birthday suit; in your birthday suit; mother-naked; naked as the day one was born.
  

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• adjective satellite as naked as at birth
  in one's birthday suit; in your birthday suit; mother-naked; naked as the day one was born.
  

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• noun sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
  Phascolarctos cinereus; koala; koala bear; kangaroo bear.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the koala.

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• adjective satellite belonging to a place by birth
  
  • a native-born Scot
  • a native Scot

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• noun bearings containing small metal balls
  ball bearing; needle bearing.
  

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• adjective of or relating to or containing nitrogen
  nitrogenous.
  

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• adjective satellite (of shrubs or trees) producing nuts
  

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• adjective satellite containing oil
  
  • oil-bearing shale

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• noun large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
  Ailuropoda melanoleuca; giant panda; panda; coon bear.
  

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• noun white bear of Arctic regions
  Thalarctos maritimus; ice bear; Ursus Maritimus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large bear (Ursus, ∨ Thalarctos, maritimus) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also White bear. See Bear.

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• (Surv.), the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance.

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• noun bearings containing small metal balls
  ball bearing; needle bearing.
  

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Rush"-bear`ing noun

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1. A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. Eng. Nares.

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Sea" bear`

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any fur seal. See under Fur. (b) The white bear.

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Sea"-born` adjective

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1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea. "Neptune and his sea-born niece." Waller.
2. Born at sea.

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• (Shafting), a bearing which is supported in such a manner that it may tip to accomodate flexure or displacement of the shaft.

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Shard"-borne` adjective

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1. Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. "The shard-borne beetle." Shak.

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Sigh"-born` adjective

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1. Sorrowful; mournful. R. "Sigh-born thoughts." De Quincey.

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• noun stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
  wolverine; carcajou; Gulo luscus.
  

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• noun common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia
  Ursus ursinus; Melursus ursinus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a black or brown long-haired bear (Melursus ursinus, ∨ labiatus), native of India and Ceylon; called also aswail, labiated bear, and jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks.

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• (Zoöl.), a South American bear (Tremarclos ornatus) which inhabits the high mountains of Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye.

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• adjective satellite bearing spores instead of producing seeds
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of bear (Helarctos Malayanus) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also bruang, and Malayan bear.

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• noun yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear
  Ursus arctos syriacus.
  

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• noun plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
  teddy.
  

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• noun a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution
  

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• (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.

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• to be of princely birth; to be highborn.

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• . (a) To help; to give assistance. (b) (Naut.) To make haste; to be quick.
• (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.

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• to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it.

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• to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. Obs.

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• (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind.

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• to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. Fuller.

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• to retreat. "Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist." Sir W. Scott.

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• to have the date named on the face of it; said of a writing.

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• . (a) To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. "His nose, . . . large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance." Marryat. (b) To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy.

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• (Naut.), to approach from the windward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy.

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• to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude. Obs. "How you were borne in hand, how crossed." Shak.
• to keep in expectation with false pretenses. Obs. Shak.

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• to remember.

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• (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land.

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• . (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
• (Naut.), to steer away, as from land.

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• to owe one a grudge. Obs. "Cæsar doth bear me hard." Shak.

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• . (a) To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. "Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing." South. (b) To corroborate; to confirm.

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• to be the first or leader; in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell.

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• to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." Addison.
• . (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. Hamersly.

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• to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to one another.

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• (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center.

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• to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish.

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• to bring one to his senses.

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• to become bewildered.

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• to ascertain by the compass the position of an object; to ascertain the relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence  to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.

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• (Zoöl.), the raccoon. Local, U.S.

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True"-born` adjective

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1. Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.

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• noun indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person
  

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• noun indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested
  

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• (Zoöl.), the raccoon.

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Wa"ter bear`

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1. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.

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Well"-born` adjective

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1. Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.

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• (Zoöl.), the polar bear. See under Polar.

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• noun caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
  woolly bear.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica).

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• noun caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
  woolly bear.
  

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• noun larva of moth of the family Arctiidae
  

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• adjective satellite capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring
  egg-producing.
  

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