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say it: ber
bear is a verb and noun meaning "have". It is pronounced /ˈbɛɹ/ — ber. It carries 15 recorded senses.
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
“I cannot bear his constant criticism”
“The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”
“he learned to tolerate the heat”
“She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage”
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
“I'll accept the charges”
“She agreed to bear the responsibility”
be pregnant with
“She is bearing his child”
“The are expecting another child in January”
“I am carrying his child”
massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bear come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.