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born

[bawrn]

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adjective

brought forth by birth.

possessing from birth the quality, circumstances, or character stated: a born musician; a born fool.

native to the locale stated; immigrated to the present place from the locale stated: a German-born scientist; a Chicago-born New Yorker.

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verb

a past participle of bear¹.

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Idiom

born yesterday, naive; inexperienced: You can't fool me with that old trick—I wasn't born yesterday.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English boren (past participle of beran to bear¹), equivalent to bor- past participle stem + -en -en³

Related forms

pre·born, adjective

self-born, adjective

Can be confused: born, borne (see usage note at bear¹).

Usage note
See bear¹.

Example Sentences

Recent studies provide compelling evidence that even a father's age influences whether a baby might be born alive or dead.

It was a tough egg to crack, but scientists have finally explained why some chickens are born half male and half female.

My son who is now three was born with one blue eye and one that is brown and blue.

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Recent studies provide compelling evidence that even a father's age influences whether a baby might be born alive or dead.

It was a tough egg to crack, but scientists have finally explained why some chickens are born half male and half female.

My son who is now three was born with one blue eye and one that is brown and blue.

Great dishes are often born of memory and whatever ingredients happen to be on hand.

Children born to mothers who are stressed during pregnancy may become adults with prematurely aged cells.

The notion that people are born unequal is as un-American as nationalized health care.

Cooler air rushes in from the ocean to take its place and presto, a wind is born.

The announcement last week that the first human clone had been born was met with skepticism, concern and outrage.

Some of the world's best-known salads were born then.

Clonaid says a second human clone is born to a lesbian couple.

Not many babies are born during the graduate-student years.

To be born white, a bear must inherit the mutation from both parents.

Take the mollusk for instance, the only animal born with a shell.

But here you are with the squawking gulls, watching a world being born.

C prehensilis infants are born with fur, not quills.

We humans seem to be born with a number line in our head.

Half of all chickens are born male, of course, but chickens don't pair up one hen to one rooster.

Mama bear doesn't even wake up as her blind and hairless cub is born midwinter.

Experts are hailing the find as of great importance because it will help them to learn how stars were born in the early universe.

According to widely accepted theory, the universe was born in an instantaneous creation of matter and energy.

First-time fathers too undergo hormonal changes before and after their children are born.

Only monarchs born in late summer or early fall make the migration, and they make only one round trip.

Children are born with a lack of oxygen to the brain.

They likely were not vaccinated when they were born.

In that case, a baby girl was born seven weeks early with no nose and only one eye in the center of her face.

In the beginning the universe was born in an unknown phenomenon currently known as the big bang.

He had the misfortune to be born on the wrong side of a line that now divides the world:.

Parents need better information, ideally before a baby is born.

One walks or rides a bike against the sea born breezes that cool you in the heat of day and chill you in the dark of night.

Most of my students were born and raised here, and many of them are the.

Looming ever closer is the retirement of the big baby-boom generation born after the second world war.

Criticism led journal to re-examine controversial paper that found higher death rate in babies born at home.

America and its founding values were born of conflict, and wars.

But that's not all: also born on that day, in that same year, was the father of.

Boys born to parents living in more comfortable surroundings have always expected to live longer.

Last week alone five giant panda cubs were born in captivity.

Research shows that children born with the help of reproductive technology might be.

Born of humble beginnings, he made frequent public appearances alongside those of noble lineage.

Born this day: the inventor of the world's first machine gun.

The violence in these stories speaks of a new country struggling to be born.

Dust settles, ice melts, lakes are born and rubber duckies disappear.

Babies born to mothers exposed to high levels of urban air.

Many a science nerd has been born while reading science-fiction novels.

My spouse has a chronic disorder that she has had since she was born.

Cahokia was born with a bang and died of unknown causes.

In high heat, a majority of baby bearded lizards will be born female, no matter what their genes tell them to be.

My son, who is three, met them a couple of times after he was born.

Olympic champs have their parents to thank for their physiology-but no one is born a record holder.

Every time a gamma-ray burst goes off, a black hole is born.

The rest of the super star clusters will disperse, with the stars born there disappearing into the galaxies' background.

The problem is that the food supply may dwindle by the time their young are born.

Similarly, baby boys born prematurely are four times more likely to attempt violent suicide than those born at full term.

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noun

Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel prize 1954.

verb (used with object)

to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.

to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight.

to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child.

to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit.

to hold up under; be capable of: His claim doesn't bear close examination.

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to press or push against: The crowd was borne back by the police.

to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.): to bear oneself erectly.

to conduct (oneself): to bear oneself bravely.

to suffer; endure; undergo: to bear the blame.

10.

to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified): I can't bear your nagging. I can hardly bear to see her suffering so.

11.

to be fit for or worthy of: It doesn't bear repeating.

12.

to carry; bring: to bear gifts.

13.

to carry in the mind or heart: to bear love; to bear malice.

14.

to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).

15.

to render; afford; give: to bear witness; to bear testimony.

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to lead; guide; take: They bore him home.

17.

to have and be entitled to: to bear title.

18.

to exhibit; show: to bear a resemblance.

19.

to accept or have, as an obligation: to bear responsibility; to bear the cost.

20.

to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively: the relation that price bears to profit.

21.

to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on: to bear traces; to bear an inscription.

22.

to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway.

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verb (used without object)

23.

to tend in a course or direction; move; go: to bear west; to bear left at the fork in the road.

24.

to be located or situated: The lighthouse bears due north.

25.

to bring forth young or fruit: Next year the tree will bear.

Verb phrases

26.

bear down,

to press or weigh down.

to strive harder; intensify one's efforts: We can't hope to finish unless everyone bears down.

Nautical. to approach from windward, as a ship: The cutter was bearing down the channel at twelve knots.

27.

bear down on/upon,

to press or weigh down on.

to strive toward.

to approach something rapidly.

Nautical. to approach (another vessel) from windward: The sloop bore down on us, narrowly missing our stern.

28.

bear off,

Nautical. to keep (a boat) from touching or rubbing against a dock, another boat, etc.

Nautical. to steer away.

Backgammon. to remove the stones from the board after they are all home.

29.

bear on/upon, to affect, relate to, or have connection with; be relevant to: This information may bear on the case.

30.

bear out, to substantiate; confirm: The facts bear me out.

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bear up, to endure; face hardship bravely: It is inspiring to see them bearing up so well.

32.

bear with, to be patient or forbearing with: Please bear with me until I finish the story.

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Idiom

33.

bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose: Pressure was brought to bear on those with overdue accounts.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English beren, Old English beran; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German beran, Dutch baren, Old Frisian, Old Norse bera, Gothic bairan, German (ge)bären, Russian berët (he) takes, Albanian bie, Tocharian pär-, Phrygian ab-beret (he) brings, Latin ferre, Old Irish berid (he) carries, Armenian berem, Greek phérein, Sanskrit bhárati, Avestan baraiti; < Indo-European *bher- (see -fer, -phore

Synonyms
1. uphold, sustain. 4. yield. 6. thrust, drive, force. 10. brook, abide, suffer. Bear, stand, endure refer to supporting the burden of something distressing, irksome, or painful. Bear and stand are close synonyms and have a general sense of withstanding: to bear a disappointment well; to stand a loss. Endure implies continued resistance and patience in bearing through a long time: to endure torture.

Usage note
Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear¹. Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. EXPANDBorne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: Anna had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs only in passive constructions: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. A strange desire was born of the tragic experience. Born is also an adjective meaning “by birth,” “innate,” or “native”: born free; a born troublemaker; Mexican-born.

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noun

any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.

any of various animals resembling the bear, as the ant bear.

a gruff, burly, clumsy, bad-mannered, or rude person.

a person who believes that market prices, especially of stocks, will decline (opposed to bull).

Informal. a person who shows great ability, enthusiasm, stamina, etc.: a bear for physics.

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(initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Ursa Major or Ursa Minor.

Informal. a player at cards who rarely bluffs.

(initial capital letter) Russia.

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adjective

having to do with or marked by declining prices, as of stocks: bear market.

verb (used with object)

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Stock Exchange. to force prices down in (a market, stock, etc.).

Idiom

11.

loaded for bear, Informal. fully prepared and eager to initiate or deal with a fight, confrontation, or trouble: Keep away from the boss—he's loaded for bear today.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English be(a)re, beor(e), Old English bera; cognate with Frisian bār, Dutch beer, Old High German bero (German Bär); < Germanic *beran- literally, the brown one; akin to Old Norse bjǫrn, bersi; compare Lithuanian bė́ras brown. Compare bruin

Related forms

bear·like, adjective

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World English Dictionary

born (bɔːn)

—vb
1.	the past participle (in most passive uses) of bear
2.	was not born yesterday is not gullible or foolish

—*adj*
3.	possessing or appearing to have possessed certain qualities from birth: a born musician
4.	a. being at birth in a particular social status or other condition as specified: ignobly born
	b. (in combination): lowborn
5.	informal in all one's born days so far in one's life

usage Care should be taken not to use born where borne is intended: he had borne (not born) his ordeal with great courage; the following points should be borne in mind

Born (bɔːn)

—n
	Max. 1882--1970, British nuclear physicist, born in Germany, noted for his fundamental contribution to quantum mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1954

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Word Origin & History

bear

O.E. bera "bear," from P.Gmc. *beron "the brown one" (cf. O.N. björn, Ger. Bär), from PIE *bher- (3) "bright, brown" (see brown). Greek arktos and Latin ursus retain the PIE root word for "bear" (*rtko), but it is believed to have been ritually replaced in the northern

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branches because of hunters' taboo on names of wild animals (cf. the Ir. equivalent "the good calf," Welsh "honey-pig," Lith. "the licker," Rus. medved "honey-eater"). Others connect the Germanic word with Latin ferus "wild," as if it meant "the wild animal (par excellence) of the northern woods." Symbolic of Russia since 1794. Used of uncouth persons since 1570s. Meaning "speculator for a fall" is 1709 shortening of bearskin jobber (from the proverb sell the bearskin before one has caught the bear); i.e. "one who sells stock for future delivery, expecting that meanwhile prices will fall." Paired with bull from c.1720.

born

O.E. boren, alt. pp. of beran (see bear (v.)). Distinction between born and borne is 17c. Born-again (adj.), of Christians, is from 1961, based on John iii:3. Used in fig. (non-religious) sense from 1977.

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Slang Dictionary

bear definition

n.
a difficult task. : This problem is a real bear.
n.
an ugly woman. (Derogatory.) : Tell the old bear to hold her tongue.
n.
a highway patrol officer. (See also Smokey (the Bear).) : There's a bear hiding under that bridge.

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

born

In addition to the idioms beginning with born, also see in all one's born days; not born yesterday; to the manner born.

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