Suffer - English meaning

verb

Accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).

Usage examples:

I said i would abide by their decision

verb

If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much

Usage examples:

I can't abide her., he abided in the wilderness for forty days.

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

noun

A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.

Usage examples:

The ache in her head worsened

verb

Suffer from a continuous dull pain.

Usage examples:

My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

verb

Undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something.

Usage examples:

I didn't agonize over the problem

verb

To spend a lot of time trying to make a decision

Usage examples:

She agonized for days over whether she should take the job., after hours of agonizing debate, the m…

verb

Carry the weight of; support.

Usage examples:

The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun

A large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.

Usage examples:

Recent dna analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas ar…

noun

Be pregnant with

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

The lake district boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks

verb

Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).

Usage examples:

Jenny would brook no criticism of matthew

noun

A small stream

Usage examples:

A brook runs past the house., she won’t brook any criticism of her work.

verb

Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.

Usage examples:

It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain

verb

Undergo or be subjected to

verb

To experience and bear something difficult, painful, or unpleasant

Usage examples:

[ t ] we had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

noun

Practical contact with and observation of facts or events.

Usage examples:

He had learned his lesson by painful experience

verb

Encounter or undergo (an event or occurrence).

Usage examples:

The company is experiencing difficulties

noun

(the process of getting) knowledge or skill that is obtained from doing, seeing, or feeling things, or something that happens which has an effect on you

Usage examples:

[ u ] do you have any experience working with children?, [ u ] i know from experience that it can g…

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

verb

Ride a horse for pleasure or exercise.

Usage examples:

The two riders hacked along the trail through the woods

verb

Cause pain or injury to.

Usage examples:

Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective

Physically injured.

Usage examples:

He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun

Physical injury; harm.

Usage examples:

Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

phrasal verb

To accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly

Usage examples:

I can put up with the house being messy, but i hate it if it's not clean., he's so moody - i don't …

phrasal verb

To be willing to accept someone or something that is unpleasant or not desirable

Usage examples:

I don’t know why she puts up with him.

abbreviation

Recto.

noun

The eighteenth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A number between +1 and −1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data.

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Usage examples:

Lionel stood in the doorway

noun

An attitude towards a particular issue; a position taken in an argument.

Usage examples:

The party's tough stand on immigration

verb

Be standing; be upright

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine.

Usage examples:

Severe stomach pains

verb

Consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick.

Usage examples:

If you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice

noun

An organ in the body where food is digested

Usage examples:

I used to watch the tv news all the time, but i no longer have the stomach for it., vernon was simp…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference.

Usage examples:

A regime unwilling to tolerate dissent

verb

To bear something unpleasant or annoying, or to keep going despite difficulties

Usage examples:

Athletes often have to tolerate a lot of pain., they don’t have the best service, but i tolerate it…

verb

Experience or be subjected to (something, typically something unpleasant or arduous).

Usage examples:

He underwent a life-saving brain operation

verb

To experience something that is unpleasant or has a strong effect

Usage examples:

He recently underwent heart bypass surgery.

verb

Have (something) on one's body as clothing, decoration, or protection.

Usage examples:

He was wearing a dark suit

noun

Clothing suitable for a particular purpose or of a particular type.

Usage examples:

Evening wear

verb

Bring (a ship) about by turning its head away from the wind.

Usage examples:

Shannon gives the order to wear ship

noun

The state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Usage examples:

If the weather's good we can go for a walk

verb

Wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

His skin was weathered almost black by his long outdoor life

noun

The conditions in the air at a particular time, such as wind, rain, or temperature

Usage examples:

I always wear gloves in cold weather., expect some nasty weather tomorrow, possibly even a thunders…