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Image:Ours brun parcanimalierpyrenees 1.jpg|thumb|A bear

Etymology 1
From ME. bere, from OE. bera; related to OE. brun, �brown�.

Noun
en-noun

1. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae, particularly of subfamily Ursinae.
2. colloquial An animal that resembles a bear, such as a koala bear|koala or ant bear.
3. finance An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.

#: Bears look for over-priced securities to sell short.

1. rfv-sense finance A market in which prices are falling.
2. colloquial A problem that is very difficult to solve.
3. slang A large hairy man, especially one who is gay.

Antonyms
italbrac-colon|investor who anticipates falling prices bull

Derived terms
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bear grass
bear hug
bear market
bearish
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black bear
brown bear
Great Bear
grizzly bear
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koala bear
kodiak bear
Little Bear
panda bear
rel-mid4
polar bear
teddy bear
water bear
white bear
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See also
Appendix: Animals
Appendix: Collective nouns

Slovak: t-|sk|medve�|m
Slovene: medved m, medvedka f
Spanish: t+|es|oso|m
Swahili: dubu (nc 5/6)
Swedish: t+|sv|björn|c
Tagalog: oso
Telugu: �ల���బ��ి (elugubaMTi), �ల�����డ�డ� (eluggoDDu), �ల��� (elugu)
Turkish: t+|tr|ayı
Ukrainian: ведм�д� (vedmid�)
Volapük: ber
Welsh: arth m or f
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trans-top|animal resembling a bear
Bulgarian: ме�ка (me�ka) f :bg:ме�ка|(bg) (for panda or koala but not for sloth)
Crimean Tatar: ayuv
Finnish: t+|fi|karhu
German: t+|de|Bär|m
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|björn|c
Russian: медвед� (medved�) m, ми�ка (míška) m
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trans-top|investor who anticipates falling prices
Finnish: no equivalent
French: baissier m
German: Baissier m, Baissespekulant m
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|медвед�|m|trmedved'|scCyrl
Swedish: baissespekulant c
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trans-top|difficult problem
Finnish: t|fi|pähkinä
French: t+|fr|ours|m
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External links
pedialite

Adjective
en-adj

1. finance|investments Characterized by or believing to benefit of declining prices in securities markets.

#: The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.

Etymology 2
From ME. beren meaning carry and bring forth. The OE. root beran is related to Old High German beran meaning carry, Gothic ������ (baíran), Latin ferre, and Greek �έ�ειν (pherein). These derive from the PIE. root *bher-.

Pronunciation
RP IPA|/be�/, SAMPA|/be@/
US IPA|/be�/, SAMPA|/be@r/

Homophones
bare

Verb
en-verb|bears|bearing|bore, or, archaic, bare|born, borne, or, archaic, yborn

1. transitive To carry something.

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|234b.
#*: imitations that bear the same name as the things

1. transitive To be equipped with something.

#: the right to bear arms

1. transitive To declare as testimony.

#: The jury could see he was bearing false witness.

1. transitive To put up with something.
2. transitive To give birth to someone or something.

#: In Troy she becomes Paris' wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy.

1. transitive To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
2. intransitive To be in a specific direction from the observer�s position.

#: The harbour bears North by Northeast.

Derived terms
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bear down
bear down on
bear fruit
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bear in mind
bear out
bear up
rel-mid3
bear with
bear witness
not bear thinking about
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Translations
trans-top|to carry
Bulgarian: но��
Catalan: portar
Dutch: dragen, torsen
Finnish: t+|fi|kantaa
French: t+|fr|porter
German: t+|de|tragen
Italian: t+|it|portare
Norwegian: bære
Polish: nosi�
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Portuguese: portar, levar, carregar
Russian: но�и�� (nosít�), не��и (nestí)
Scottish Gaelic: beir, giùlain
Slovak: nosiť, niesť
Slovene: t-|sl|nositi
Swedish: t+|sv|bära
Spanish: t+|es|llevar
Ukrainian: но�и�и, не��и
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trans-top|to be equipped with
Bulgarian: но��
Dutch: dragen, uitgerust zijn met
Finnish: t+|fi|kantaa
German: t+|de|tragen
Italian: t+|it|portare
Norwegian: bære, føre
Polish: nosi�
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Portuguese: t+|pt|portar
Russian: но�и�� (nosít�)
Slovene: t-|sl|nositi
Swedish: bära, inneha
Spanish: t+|es|llevar, t-|es|portar
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trans-top|to declare
Bulgarian: �виде�ел��вам italbrac|bear testimony, testify
Dutch: t+|nl|afleggen
Finnish: todistaa italbrac|bear testimony, antaa todistus italbrac|bear testimony
German: aussagen; bezeugen italbrac|bear witness
Norwegian: føre
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Polish: zeznawa�
Spanish: t-|es|atestiguar
Swedish: vittna italbrac|bear testimony
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trans-top|to put up with
Catalan: suportar
Dutch: t+|nl|ondergaan
Finnish: t+|fi|sietää
French: t+|fr|supporter
German: ertragen; italbrac-colon|only negative ausstehen, leiden
Italian: t+|it|sopportare
Norwegian: tåle
trans-mid
Portuguese: suportar, aguentar
Russian: в�но�и��/в�не��и (vynosít�/výnesti)
Scottish Gaelic: fuiling, fulaing
Slovene: prenašati
Spanish: t-|es|soportar, t+|es|aguantar, t-|es|resistir
Swedish: tåla, uthärda
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trans-top|to give birth to
Albanian: t-|sq|lind|xs=Albanian
Bulgarian: �аждам
Breton: genel
Catalan: parir
Croatian: t-|hr|roditi
Czech: rodit, porodit
Dutch: t+|nl|baren
Esperanto: naskigi
Finnish: t-|fi|synnyttää
German: t+|de|gebären
trreq|Hebrew
trans-mid
Hungarian: t+|hu|szül
Italian: t-|it|partorire
Japanese: ��, �� (both ��)
Norwegian: bære fram, føde
Old English: t-|ang|cennan|xs=Old English
Polish: urodzi�
Portuguese: t+|pt|parir, t-|pt|dar a luz
Russian: �ожа��/�оди�� (rožát�/rodít�)
Slovak: porodiť
Spanish: t-|es|parir
Swedish: t+|sv|föda
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trans-top|to produce
Bulgarian: �аждам
Dutch: t+|nl|dragen
Finnish: t+|fi|tuottaa, t+|fi|kantaa
German: tragen, erbringen
Norwegian: bære fram
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|criar
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��رگرت�
Russian: �ожда��/�оди�� (roždát�/rodít�)
Swedish: bära, frambringa
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trans-top|to be in a specific direction
Dutch: gelegen zijn
Finnish: sijaita, olla jokin|johonkin suuntaan
German: t+|de|liegen
trans-mid
Norwegian: bære mot
Russian: нап�авл�����/нап�ави���� (napravlját�s�a/naprávit�s�a)
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ttbc|Indonesian: tunjuk|menunjukkan, bawa|membawa, saksi|bersaksi, beri|memberikan saksi|kesaksian
ttbc|Latin: ferre
ttbc|Indonesian: lahir|melahirkan, buah|membuahkan (2), hasil|menghasilkan (2)
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Anagrams
bare
bera

Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Frisian

Noun
bear

1. #English|bear

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Category:Mammals
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