to support or sustain; to hold up.-to support and remove or carry; to convey.-to conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.-to possess and use, as power; to exercise.-to sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.-to possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.-to possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor-to endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.-to gain or win.-to sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.-to render or give; to bring forward.-to carry on, or maintain; to have.-to admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.-to manage, wield, or direct.-to behave; to conduct.-to afford; to be to; to supply with.-to bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.-to produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.-to suffer, as in carrying a burden.-to endure with patience; to be patient.-to press; -- with on or upon, or against.-to take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.-to relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?-to have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.-to be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears n. by e.-a bier.-any species of the genus ursus, and of the closely allied genera. bears are plantigrade carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.-an animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.-one of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the great bear and the lesser bear, or ursa major and ursa minor.-metaphorically: a brutal, coarse, or morose person.-a person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.-a portable punching machine.-a block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.-to endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.-alt. of bere