bear

Scrabble Points: | Base[6] | DW[12] | TW[18]
WWF Points: | Base[7] | DW[14] | TW[21]

1. Characterized by falling prices: a bear market.

1. bear down on To effect in a harmful or adverse way: Financial pressures are bearing down on them.

2. bear fruit To come to a satisfactory conclusion or to fruition.

1. Any of various usually omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae that have a shaggy coat and a short tail and walk with the entire lower surface of the foot touching the ground.

2. Any of various other animals, such as the koala, that resemble a true bear.

3. A large, clumsy, or ill-mannered person.

4. One, such as an investor, that sells securities or commodities in expectation of falling prices.

5. A pessimist, especially regarding business conditions.

6. Slang Something that is difficult or unpleasant: The final exam was a bear.

7. Slang A highway patrol officer.

1. bear down To advance in a threatening manner: The ship bore down on our canoe.

2. bear down To apply maximum effort and concentration: If you really bear down, you will finish the task.

3. bear out To prove right or justified; confirm: The test results bear out our claims.

4. bear up To withstand stress, difficulty, or attrition: The patient bore up well during the long illness.

1. To yield fruit; produce: peach trees that bear every summer.

2. To have relevance; apply: They studied the ways in which the relativity theory bears on the history of science.

3. To exert pressure, force, or influence.

4. To force oneself along; forge.

5. To endure something with tolerance and patience: Bear with me while I explain matters.

6. To extend or proceed in a specified direction: The road bears to the right at the bottom of the hill.

1. To hold up; support.

2. To carry from one place to another; transport.

3. To carry in the mind; harbor: bear a grudge.

4. To transmit at large; relate: bearing glad tidings.

5. To have as a visible characteristic: bore a scar on the left arm.

6. To have as a quality; exhibit: "A thousand different shapes it bears” ( Abraham Cowley).

7. To carry (oneself) in a specified way; conduct: She bore herself with dignity.

8. To be accountable for; assume: bearing heavy responsibilities.

9. To call for; warrant: This case bears investigation.

10. To give birth to: bore six children in five years.

11. To produce; yield: plants bearing flowers.

12. To offer; render: I will bear witness to the deed.

13. To move by or as if by steady pressure; push: "boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” ( F. Scott Fitzgerald).

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