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; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
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.
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Bearing(n.)
- The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
Bearing(n.)
- Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
Bearing(n.)
- The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
Bearing(n.)
- The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
Bearing(n.)
- That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
Bearing(n.)
- The portion of a support on which anything rests.
Bearing(n.)
- Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
Bearing(n.)
- The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
Bearing(n.)
- The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
Bearing(n.)
- Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
Bearing(n.)
- The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.
Bearing(n.)
- The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
Bearing(n.)
- The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.