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bear

1  [bair] verb, bore or (Archaic) bare; borne or born; bear⋅ing.
Use bring to bear in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
2. to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight.
3. to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child.
4. to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit.
5. to hold up under; be capable of: His claim doesn't bear close examination.
6. to press or push against: The crowd was borne back by the police.
7. to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.): to bear oneself erectly.
8. to conduct (oneself): to bear oneself bravely.
9. 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.
16. 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.
–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,
a. to press or weigh down.
b. to strive harder; intensify one's efforts: We can't hope to finish unless everyone bears down.
c. Nautical. to approach from windward, as a ship: The cutter was bearing down the channel at twelve knots.
27. bear down on or upon,
a. to press or weigh down on.
b. to strive toward.
c. to approach something rapidly.
d. Nautical. to approach (another vessel) from windward: The sloop bore down on us, narrowly missing our stern.
28. bear off,
a. Nautical. to keep (a boat) from touching or rubbing against a dock, another boat, etc.
b. Nautical. to steer away.
c. Backgammon. to remove the stones from the board after they are all home.
29. bear on or 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.
31. 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.
—Idiom
33. bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose: Pressure was brought to bear on those with overdue accounts.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME beren, OE beran; c. OS, OHG beran, D baren, OFris, ON bera, Goth bairan, G (ge)bären, Russ berët (he) takes, Albanian bie, Tocharian pär-, Phrygian ab-beret (he) brings, L ferre, OIr berid (he) carries, Armenian berem, Gk phérein, Skt bhárati, Avestan baraiti; < IE *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. Borne 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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bring   (brĭng)   
tr.v.   brought (brôt), bring·ing, brings

  1. To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place: brought enough money with me.

  2. To carry as an attribute or contribution: You bring many years of experience to your new post.

  3. To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location: bring the water to a boil; brought the meeting to a close.

    1. To persuade; induce: The defendant's testimony brought others to confess.

    2. To get the attention of; attract: Smoke and flames brought the neighbors.

    3. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts.

    4. To introduce (a debutante) to society.

  5. To cause to occur as a consequence or concomitant: Floods brought destruction to the valley. For many, the fall brings hayfever.

  6. To cause to become apparent to the mind; recall: This music brings back memories.

  7. Law To advance or set forth (charges) in a court.

  8. To sell for: a portrait that brought a million dollars.

  9. To cause to adopt an opinion or take a certain course of action.

  10. To cause to recover consciousness.

  11. To cause to fall or collapse.

  12. To kill.

  13. To give rise to; produce: plants bringing forth fruit.

  14. To give birth to (young).

  15. To present; produce: bring forward proof.

  16. Accounting To carry (a sum) from one page or column to another.

  17. Law To give or submit (a verdict) to a court.

  18. To produce, yield, or earn (profits or income).

    1. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts.

    2. To introduce (a debutante) to society.

  20. To produce or publish: bring out a new book.

  21. To nurture and develop (a quality, for example) to best advantage: You bring out the best in me.

  22. To cause to recover consciousness.

  23. Nautical To cause (a ship) to turn into the wind or come to a stop.

  24. To take care of and educate (a child); rear.

  25. To introduce into discussion; mention.

  26. To vomit.

  27. To cause to come to a sudden stop.

Phrasal Verb(s):
bring around/round

  1. To cause to adopt an opinion or take a certain course of action.

  2. To cause to recover consciousness.

bring down

  1. To cause to fall or collapse.

  2. To kill.

bring forth

  1. To give rise to; produce: plants bringing forth fruit.

  2. To give birth to (young).

bring forward

  1. To present; produce: bring forward proof.

  2. Accounting To carry (a sum) from one page or column to another.

bring in

  1. Law To give or submit (a verdict) to a court.

  2. To produce, yield, or earn (profits or income).

bring offTo accomplish: bring off a successful advertising campaign.
bring onTo cause to appear: brought on the dessert.
bring out

    1. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts.

    2. To introduce (a debutante) to society.

  2. To produce or publish: bring out a new book.

  3. To nurture and develop (a quality, for example) to best advantage: You bring out the best in me.

bring to

  1. To cause to recover consciousness.

  2. Nautical To cause (a ship) to turn into the wind or come to a stop.

bring up

  1. To take care of and educate (a child); rear.

  2. To introduce into discussion; mention.

  3. To vomit.

  4. To cause to come to a sudden stop.


Idiom(s):
bring down the houseTo win overwhelming approval from an audience.

Idiom(s):
bring homeTo make perfectly clear: a lecture that brought home several important points.

Idiom(s):
bring home the bacon

  1. To earn a living, especially for a family.

  2. To achieve desired results; have success.


Idiom(s):
bring to bear

  1. To exert; apply: bring pressure to bear on the student's parents.

  2. To put (something) to good use: "All of one's faculties are brought to bear in an effort to become fully incorporated into the landscape" (Barry Lopez).


Idiom(s):
bring to lightTo reveal or disclose: brought the real facts to light.

Idiom(s):
bring to mindTo cause to be remembered: Thoughts of fishing brought to mind our youth.

Idiom(s):
bring to (one's) kneesTo reduce to a position of subservience or submission.

Idiom(s):
bring to termsTo force (another) to agree.

Idiom(s):
bring up the rearTo be the last in a line or sequence.

[Middle English bringen, from Old English bringan; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
bring'er n.
Usage Note: In most dialects of American English bring is used to denote motion toward the place of speaking or the place from which the action is regarded: Bring it over here. The prime minister brought a large retinue to Washington with her. Take is used to denote motion away from such a place: Take it over there. The President will take several advisers with him when he goes to Moscow. When the relevant point of focus is not the place of speaking itself, the difference obviously depends on the context. We can say either The labor leaders brought or took their requests to the mayor's office, depending on whether we want to describe things from the point of view of the labor leaders or the mayor. Perhaps for this reason, the distinction between bring and take has been blurred in some areas; a parent may say of a child, for example, She always takes a pile of books home with her from school. This usage may sound curious to those who are accustomed to observe the distinction more strictly, but it bears no particular stigma of incorrectness or illiteracy. · The form brung is common in colloquial use in many areas, even among educated speakers, but it is not standard in formal writing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
bear

  1. n.
    a difficult task. : This problem is a real bear.
  2. n.
    an ugly woman. (Derogatory.) : Tell the old bear to hold her tongue.
  3. n.
    a highway patrol officer. (See also Smokey (the Bear).) : There's a bear hiding under that bridge.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bear  (n.)
O.E. bera "bear," from P.Gmc. *beron "the brown one" (cf. O.N. björn, Ger. Bär). Both Gk. arktos and L. ursus retain the PIE root word for "bear" (*rtko), but it has been ritually replaced in the northern 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 Gmc. word with L. 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 1579. Meaning "speculator for a fall" is 1709 shortening of bearskin jobber, from phrase sell the bearskin in 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

bear

An investor who believes a security or some other asset or the security markets in general will follow a broad downward path. An investor can often be a bear on a particular security but not on the general market and vice versa. Compare bull.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bear
Pronunciation: 'bar
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: bore /'bOr/; borne /'bOrn/ also born
transitive verb 1 : to physically carry (as an object or message) bear arms —U.S. Constitution amendment II>
2 : YIELD bear a dividend>
3 a : to admit of : ALLOW bear> b : ASSUME, ACCEPT bear legal responsibility for him> intransitive verb : to relate or have relevance bearing on her defense>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bear
Pronunciation: 'ba(&)r, 'be(&)r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: bore /'bO(&)r, 'bo(&)r/;borne /'bO(&)rn, 'bo(&)rn/ also born /'bo(&)rn/;bear·ing
: to give birth to
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

bring to bear

Exert, apply, as in All his efforts are brought to bear on the new problem, or The union is bringing pressure to bear on management. [Late 1600s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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