Ant-bear (n.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga. |
Bear (v. t.) To support or sustain |
Bear (v. t.) To support and remove or carry |
Bear (v. t.) To conduct |
Bear (v. t.) To possess and use, as power |
Bear (v. t.) To sustain |
Bear (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction |
Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally |
Bear (v. t.) To endure |
Bear (v. t.) To gain or win. |
Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc. |
Bear (v. t.) To render or give |
Bear (v. t.) To carry on, or maintain |
Bear (v. t.) To admit or be capable of |
Bear (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct. |
Bear (v. t.) To behave |
Bear (v. t.) To afford |
Bear (v. t.) To bring forth or produce |
Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit |
Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden. |
Bear (v. i.) To endure with patience |
Bear (v. i.) To press |
Bear (v. i.) To take effect |
Bear (v. i.) To relate or refer |
Bear (v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. |
Bear (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else |
Bear (n.) A bier. |
Bear (n.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. |
Bear (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity |
Bear (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. |
Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person. |
Bear (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. |
Bear (n.) A portable punching machine. |
Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting |
Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in |
Bear (n.) Alt. of Bere |
Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1. |
Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) |
Bear's-ear (n.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf. |
Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. |
Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament. |
Sea bear () Any fur seal. See under Fur. |
Sea bear () The white bear. |
Sell (n.) Self. |
Sell (n.) A sill. |
Sell (n.) A cell |
Sell (n.) A saddle for a horse. |
Sell (n.) A throne or lofty seat. |
Sell (v. t.) To transfer to another for an equivalent |
Sell (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of |
bear hug | a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest |
bear hug | a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent |
hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
soft sell | suggestive or persuasive advertising |
sell | the activity of persuading someone to buy, it was a hard sell |
bear cub | a young bear |
koala koala bear kangaroo bear native bear Phascolarctos cinereus | sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat, feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark |
aardvark ant bear anteater Orycteropus afer | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites, sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata |
bear | massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws |
brown bear bruin Ursus arctos | large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
Syrian bear Ursus arctos syriacus | yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear |
grizzly grizzly bear silvertip silver-tip Ursus horribilis Ursus arctos horribilis | powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America |
Alaskan brown bear Kodiak bear Kodiak Ursus middendorffi Ursus arctos middendorffi | brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia |
American black bear black bear Ursus americanus Euarctos americanus | brown to black North American bear, smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear |
cinnamon bear | reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear |
Asiatic black bear black bear Ursus thibetanus Selenarctos thibetanus | bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia |
ice bear polar bear Ursus Maritimus Thalarctos maritimus | white bear of Arctic regions |
sloth bear Melursus ursinus Ursus ursinus | common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of southentral Asia |
bear claw | claw of a bear, often used in jewelry |
woolly bear woolly bear caterpillar | caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs, feed on plants and some are destructive pests |
woolly bear moth | larva of moth of the family Arctiidae |
wolverine carcajou skunk bear Gulo luscus | stocky shaggyoated North American carnivorous mammal |
ant bear giant anteater great anteater tamanoir Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws, of South America |
kinkajou honey bear potto Potos flavus Potos caudivolvulus | arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail |
lesser panda red panda panda bear cat cat bear Ailurus fulgens | reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore, in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas |
giant panda panda panda bear coon bear Ailuropoda melanoleuca | large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet, in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae |
bear claw | an incised design resembling the claw of a bear, used in Native American pottery |
teddy teddy bear | plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials) |
freedom to bear arms | a right guaranteed by the nd amendment to the US Constitution |
bear claw bear paw | almond-flavored yeastaised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw |
bear market | a market characterized by falling prices for securities |
Great Bear Ursa Major | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
Little Bear Ursa Minor | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
bear | an investor with a pessimistic market outlook, an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price |
stinking hellebore bear's foot setterwort Helleborus foetidus | digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally |
auricula bear's ear Primula auricula | yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps, commonly cultivated |
b common bearberry red bearberry wild cranberry mealberry hog cranberry sand berry sandberry mountain box bear's grape creashak Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries, leaves turn red in autumn |
bear oak Quercus ilicifolia | shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets |
squaw grass bear grass Xerophyllum tenax | plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers |
bear grass Nolina microcarpa | stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers, southwestern United States and Mexico |
bear grass Yucca glauca | yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers |
bear grass Yucca smalliana | yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers |
bear's breech bear's breeches sea holly Acanthus mollis | widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers |
bear's-paw fern Aglaomorpha meyeniana | epiphytic fern with large fronds, Taiwan and Philippines |
sell-by date | a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
wear bear | have on one's person, He wore a red ribbon, bear a scar |
give birth deliver bear birth have | cause to be born, My wife had twins yesterday! |
have a bun in the oven bear carry gestate expect | be pregnant with, She is bearing his child, The are expecting another child in January, I am carrying his child |
affect impact bear upon bear on touch on touch | have an effect upon, Will the new rules affect me? |
mind bear in mind | keep in mind |