In the early 1990s, Pierre Taberlet of the University of Grenoble in France led an effort to study DNA in bear scat and tufts of fur caught on a scratching post wrapped in fence wire.
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More examples. 1  I can't bear this stifling humidity. 2  I can't bear it when someone starts ramming their views down your throat.  3 I can't bear to see good victuals wasted, said Martha.  My mother couldn't bear waste - she always made us eat everything on our 1  plates. I put my hands over my eyes because I couldn't bear to watch.
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verb (used with object), bore or (Archaic) bare; borne or born; bearing. 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.
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Buy the mug. 2. bear. The most common definition of a bear is a man who is hairy, has facial hair, and a cuddly body. However, the word Bear means many things to different people, even within the bear movement. Many men who do not have one or all of these characteristics define themselves as bears, making the term a very loose one.
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Bear (gay culture) Pride flag of the Bear community, one of many flags for sexuality and gender identity-based cultures. In male gay culture, a bear is often a larger, hairier man who projects an image of rugged masculinity. Bears are one of many LGBT communities with events, codes, and a culture-specific identity.
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On the day of the incident, a pair of two-year-old twins, Cleo and Charles, and their three-year-old sister, Brooklyn, were playing in the backyard when Brooklyn spotted a bear running toward the house.
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bear verb (PRODUCE) C2 [ T ] formal to give birth to young, or (of a tree or plant) to give or produce fruit or flowers: She had borne six children by the time she was 30. [ + two objects ] When his wife bore him a child he could not hide his delight.
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Bear (gay culture) In male gay culture, a bear is often a larger, hairier man who projects an image of rugged masculinity. Bears are one of many LGBT communities with events, codes, and a culture-specific identity.
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Never mind that the animals are already protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and that the polar bear population is not in decline. It came bounding over the top of the hill,'' said Kate Maddox, who saw the bear after she heard a Ventura County Sheriff's Department helicopter.
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Tolerating and enduring. 1  bear with sb. 2  bearable. 3  bide. come to terms with sth idiom. 4  endurance. philosophically.  resign yourself 1  to sth. 2  ride. ride 3  sth out. 4  rough. sit. sit  sth out. 1  stand for  sth. stew. stew (in your own 1  juice) 2  idiom. stick.  stick it out. 1  stick with it idiom. 2  stick with sth/sb.  sweat it out idiom.
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bears definitions
Bears means a man who is hairy, has facial hair, and a cuddly body. The definition of a "bear" is a man who is hairy, has facial hair, and a cuddly body. 