Definition of bear

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Bear (v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?.

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Hyacinth :: Hyacinth (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety..
Homonym :: Homonym (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear..
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth..
Grape :: Grape (n.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
News :: News (n) A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.
Irrelavant :: Irrelavant (a.) Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case..
Forbearant :: Forbearant (a.) Forbearing.
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly..
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness..
Spirant :: Spiralozooid (n.) One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells..
Spindle :: Spinate (a.) Bearing a spine; spiniform.
Oophore :: Oophore (n.) An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant..
Bear''s-paw :: Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament..
Wear :: Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance..
Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms..
Dogbane :: Dogbane (n.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs..
Graniferous :: Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain..
Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera..
Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer..
Bogle :: Bogle (n.) A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
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