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Definition 1:
To accept or endure (something) + obj usually used in questions and negative statements with can, can’t, could, and couldn’t no obj (US) + for .
Examples:
He bore [=tolerated] their insults patiently.
He could hardly bear [=stand] the pain.
I can’t bear cold weather. [=I strongly dislike cold weather]
I couldn’t bear the suspense.
I can’t bear it if/when people behave like that!
I can’t bear doing this. = I can’t bear to do this.
How can you bear to see him again after the way he’s treated you?
I couldn’t bear you to get the wrong idea.
I couldn’t bear his behavior. = His behavior was more than I could bear.
I couldn’t bear the thought/idea of moving again.
I couldn’t bear for you to get the wrong idea.
Definition 2:
To be worthy of (something) :to deserve or allow (something) .
Examples:
A joke too silly to bear repeating [=a joke that is too silly to be worth repeating]
It’s so horrible it doesn’t bear thinking about! [=it’s so horrible that I don’t want to think about it]
A symphony that can bear comparison with Beethoven’s best
A plan that will not bear [=withstand] close scrutiny/examination
Suspicious behavior that bears watching [=that should be watched]
Definition 3:
To assume or accept (something, such as cost or responsibility) .
Examples:
The company agreed to bear the costs/expenses.
The criminals must bear full responsibility for the deaths of these innocent people.
Who will bear the blame for this tragedy?
Definition 4:
To move while holding up and supporting (something) :carry If something is borne in on/upon you, it is made very clear to you. This is a formal phrase. .
Examples:
The demonstrators bore banners and sang songs.
They arrived bearing gifts.
The leaves were borne aloft/away by the wind.
Disease-bearing germs [=germs that carry and spread diseases]
Germ-borne diseases [=diseases that are carried and spread by germs]
He believes that citizens should have the right to bear arms. [=to carry weapons]
It was borne in on us by the new evidence that prompt action was very important. [=the new evidence strongly indicated that prompt action was very important]
Definition 5:
To have (something) as a feature or characteristic .
Examples:
His leg was badly injured in the accident and it still bears [=shows] the scars/wounds/marks.
His face bears marks/signs of suffering.
Your conclusion bears [=has] no relation to the evidence.
She bore a resemblance to her aunt. [=she looked like her aunt]
Definition 6:
To have a surface on which something is written, drawn, etc. .
Examples:
The cornerstone bears a Latin inscription.
A letter bearing the date of 1900
A shield bearing strange symbols
Definition 7:
To have (a name, price, etc.) .
Examples:
He bore the name (of) John.
The store sells imported goods bearing [=having, with] high prices.
Definition 8:
To have or hold (a feeling) in the mind .
Examples:
She still bears a grudge against him. = She still bears him a grudge.
She says she bears him no resentment for the way he treated her.
I can’t deny the love I still bear [=feel] for her.
Definition 9:
To give birth to (a child) .
Examples:
She has borne three children.
She has borne her husband three children.
Definition 10:
To produce (something) see also bear fruit (below).
Examples:
A bank account that bears interest = an interest-bearing bank account
A bush that bears red flowers
Trees that bear fruit
Definition 11:
To support the weight of (something) .
Examples:
How much weight is that wall able to bear?
Definition 12:
To go, move, or turn in a specified direction .
Examples:
Bear south.
The road bears (to the) right.
When you get to the fork in the road, you should bear [=turn] left.
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