All English words - page 529

Meanings of Bear on:

phrasal verb

Be relevant to

Meanings of Bear with:

phrasal verb

Be patient or tolerant with someone.

Usage examples:

Bear with me a moment while i make a call

Meanings of Bear-comparison-with:

collocation

To be about as good as another person or thing

Usage examples:

It stands comparison with the best japanese cars in its price range., he's a good writer, but he do…

Meanings of Bear-down:

idiom

Exert a force with a heavy weight

phrasal verb

Move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner.

Usage examples:

At a canter they bore down on the mass of men ahead

Meanings of Bear-down-on:

phrasal verb

Exert a force with a heavy weight

Meanings of Bear-false-witness:

phrase

To lie

Usage examples:

He accused his neighbour of bearing false witness against him., it was clear that her accusers had …

Meanings of Bear-fruit:

idiom

To be successful especially after a lot of work or effort

Usage examples:

Some of their research is now bearing fruit, and the results are interesting.

Meanings of Bear-hug:

noun

The action of putting your arms around someone and holding that person against you tightly

Meanings of Bear-in-mind:

idiom

Keep in mind

noun

The part of a person that makes it possible for him or her to think, feel emotions, and understand things

Usage examples:

Her mind was full of what had happened the night before, and she just wasn't concentrating., of cou…

Meanings of Bear-it:

phrasal verb

To be connected or related to something

Usage examples:

I don't see how that information bears on this case.

Meanings of Bear-out:

phrasal verb

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

Meanings of Bear-s:

noun

A type of deciduous plant (= one that loses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in the spring) that has large leaves and tall stems with purple and white flowers

Usage examples:

Bear's breeches is a tall perennial with enormous prickly white and purple spikes in late summer., …

Meanings of Bear-to:

noun

A large, strong mammal with thick fur that lives esp. in colder parts of the world

Usage examples:

A black/grizzly/polar bear, fans bearing banners ringed the stadium., the bridge has to be strength…

Meanings of Bear-up:

phrasal verb

Endure cheerfully

Meanings of Bear-with-a-sore-head:

idiom

To be in a bad mood that causes you to treat other people badly and complain a lot

Usage examples:

You're like a bear with a sore head this morning. what's wrong with you?

Meanings of Bear-witness:

phrase

To say you know from your own experience that something happened or is true

Usage examples:

She bore witness to his patience and diligence., his journalism bears witness to the atrocities com…

Meanings of Bear-witness-to:

idiom

To show or prove something

Usage examples:

The latest sales figures bear witness to the success of our advertising campaign.

Meanings of Bearable:

adjective

Able to be endured.

Usage examples:

Things to make life in the tropics more bearable

Meanings of Bearance:

noun

The quality or practice of, or capacity for, bearing (an ordeal or trying experience); endurance; toleration.

Meanings of Bearbaiting:

noun

A form of entertainment which involved setting dogs to attack a captive bear.

Usage examples:

With bear-baiting, the bear is chained to a pole and the spectators are locked in the bear garden o…

Meanings of Bearberries:

noun

A creeping dwarf shrub of the heather family, with pinkish flowers and bright red berries.

Usage examples:

All of the 62 types of flowers, plants and shrubs used in the work, such as ling heather, bearberry…

Meanings of Bearberry:

noun

A creeping dwarf shrub of the heather family, with pinkish flowers and bright red berries.

Usage examples:

All of the 62 types of flowers, plants and shrubs used in the work, such as ling heather, bearberry…

Meanings of Bearbind:

noun

Any of various european bindweeds or similar twining plants; especially field bindweed, convolvulus arvensis, and black bindweed, fallopia convolvulus.

Meanings of Bearbine:

noun

Any of various european bindweeds or similar twining plants; especially field bindweed, convolvulus arvensis, and black bindweed, fallopia convolvulus.

Meanings of Bearcat:

noun

A bearlike climbing mammal, especially the red panda or binturong.

Usage examples:

Visitors will find the baby bearcat in the children's zoo