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bear

გამოთქმა: /bɛː/

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Universal
  • 1(of a person) carry:he was bearing a tray of brimming glasses the warriors bore lances tipped with iron
  • (of a vehicle or boat) convey (passengers or cargo):steamboats bear the traveller out of Kerrerra Sound
  • have or display as a visible mark or feature:many of the papers bore his flamboyant signature
  • be called by (a name or title):he bore the surname Tiller
  • (bear oneself) carry or conduct oneself in a specified manner:she bore herself with dignity
  • 2support; carry the weight of:walls which cannot bear a stone vault
  • take responsibility for:no one likes to bear the responsibility for such decisions the expert’s fee shall be borne by the tenant
  • be able to accept or stand up to:it is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny
  • 3endure (an ordeal or difficulty):she bore the pain stoically
  • [with modal and negative] manage to tolerate (a situation or experience):she could hardly bear his sarcasm [with infinitive]:I cannot bear to see you hurt
  • (cannot bear someone/thing) strongly dislike:I can’t bear caviar
  • 4give birth to (a child):she bore sixteen daughters [with two objects]:his wife had borne him a son
  • (of a tree or plant) produce (fruit or flowers): a squash that bears fruit shaped like cucumbers
  • 5 [no object, with adverbial of direction] turn and proceed in a specified direction:bear left and follow the old drove road

bear the brunt of

see brunt.

bear the burden of

suffer the consequences of: taxpayers bear the burden of government’s mistakes

bear fruit

yield positive results: plans for power-sharing may be about to bear fruit

bear a hand

archaic help in a task or enterprise.

bear something in mind

see mind.

bear someone malice (or ill will)

[with negative] wish someone harm: he was only doing his job and I bore him no malice

bear a relation (or relationship) to

[with negative] be logically consistent with:the map didn’t seem to bear any relation to the roads

bear a resemblance (or similarity) to

resemble: the campus bore a faint resemblance to a military camp

bear witness (or testimony) to

testify to:little is left to bear witness to the past greatness of the city
state or show one’s belief in:people bearing witness to Jesus

be borne in on (or upon)

come to be realized by:the folly of her action was borne in on her

not bear thinking about

be too terrible to contemplate: what had happened to her before dying did not bear thinking about

bear away

another way of saying bear off.

bear down

(of a woman in labour) exert downwards pressure in order to push the baby out.

bear down on

move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner: at a canter they bore down on the mass of men ahead
take strict measures to deal with:a commitment to bear down on inflation

bear off

Sailing change course away from the wind.

bear on

be relevant to (something):two kinds of theories which bear on literary studies
[with adverbial] be a burden on:the extension of VAT to domestic fuel will bear hard on the low-paid

bear something out

support or confirm something:this assumption is not borne out by any evidence

bear up

remain cheerful in the face of adversity:she’s bearing up remarkably well

bear with

be patient or tolerant with: bear with me a moment while I make a phone call

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