Bear
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Pronunciation
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Noun
- Template:Countable A bear is a big animal with a short tail. They either eat only meat or meat and plants. There are many different types of bears, for example brown bears and polar bears.
- Polar bears are white.
- Grizzly bears live in North America.
- Template:Figuratively Someone who acts rough and lacks manners could be called a bear.
- Template:Slang Template:Countable A large, hairy, homosexual man is called a bear.
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A brown bear -
A black bear -
A polar bear
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Verb
- Template:Transitive If bears , holds up.
- Template:Transitive If someone bears something bad, they accept it or deal with it.
- He has to bear insults because of his appearance.
- I cannot bear looking at the news.
- The pain is so bad, I can hardly bear it.
- Template:Transitive Template:Usually passive If a baby is born, it comes out of its mother.
- The woman bore a little boy.
- He was born on October 22, 1983.
- Template:Transitive Template:Usually passive If something is born, it is newly created.
- This idea was born out of boredom.
- Template:Transitive If something bears fruit, flowers, etc., it grows them.
- This apple tree is 100 years old, it does not bear apples anymore.
- Template:Transitive If bears , holds on the surface.
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