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Synonyms of bear in English:
bear
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See UK English definition of bear
See Spanish definition of aguantar
verb
1‘Bill arrived, bearing a large picnic hamper’
2‘the letter bore the signature of a local councillor’
3‘the track has horizontal concrete slabs, which bear the weight of the vehicle’
4‘ratepayers will have to bear the cost of such a move’
5‘the drugs had been planted by someone who bore a grudge against him’
6‘such a solution does not bear close scrutiny’
7‘I'm not sure how much longer I can bear the pain’
8‘I can't bear being dependent on other people’
9‘at seventeen she bore his daughter’
10‘the radio bore the news of a policeman shot in Belfast’
11‘a squash that bears fruit shaped like cucumbers’
12‘you drive to the end of the street, bear left, and go into the car park’
Phrases
- bear fruit
‘plans for power-sharing may be about to bear fruit’
come to nothing
‘he has conducted experiments that bear out these ideas’
contradict, falsify
‘she looks fantastic and is bearing up remarkably well’
go to pieces
‘she bore herself like a queen as she slowly descended the stairs’
‘there is a long cultural history which bears on the way these writers express themselves’
be irrelevant to
‘the great cathedrals bore witness to a towering vision of transcendence’
‘at a canter they bore down on the mass of men ahead’
retreat from, move away from
‘it is important to bear in mind that different countries have different regimes’
forget, ignore
‘bear with me a moment while I make a telephone call’