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bear
1. n. (Zoologie) Ours.
2. n. (Finance) Investisseur qui croit que le marché va baisser.
3. n. (LGBT) Homme poilu et barbu, généralement enveloppé ou gros.
4. v. Tolérer, souffrir, soutenir, subir, supporter.
I can't bear it anymore! I'll put an end to my life.
Je n'arrive plus à supporter cela ! Je mettrai fin à ma vie.
5. v. Porter.
He bore his burdens in a life of quiet contemplation.
Il portait ses fardeaux dans une vie de contemplation silencieuse.
6. v. Accoucher de, enfanter, donner naissance.
Mammals bear their young live.
Les mammifères accouchent de leurs petits vivants.
In the course of time, the couple bore a child.
Avec le temps, le couple finit par avoir un enfant.
7. v. (Finance) (Rare) Faire baisser (le marché, les actions).
anglais > anglais
bear
1. n. 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.
2. n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
3. n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
4. n. (slang) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
5. n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
6. n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
7. n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
8. n. (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
9. v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
to bear a railroad stock
to bear the market
10. adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.
11. v. To support or sustain; to hold up.
This stone bears most of the weight.
12. v. To carry something.
13. v. To be equipped with (something).
the right to bear arms
14. v. To wear or display.
The shield bore a red cross.
15. v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
The jury could see he was bearing false witness.
16. v. To put up with something.
I would never move to Texas—I can't bear heat.
Please bear with me as I try to find the book you need.
17. v. To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy.
18. v. To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
19. v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
The harbour bears north by northeast.
By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.
Great Falls bears north of Bozeman.
We are bearing toward the north side of the island.
20. v. (intransitive) To veer slightly in one direction (left or right, usually at a fork in the road)
21. v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
22. v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
23. v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
24. v. (intransitive military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
25. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
to bring arguments to bear
How does this bear on the question?
26. v. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
28. v. To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
29. v. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
30. v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
31. v. To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
32. v. To carry on, or maintain; to have.
33. v. To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
34. v. (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
35. v. To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
36. n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
That window can be a bear to open.
37. n. alternative spelling of bere barley.
français > anglais
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1. n-m. bear (animal)
2. n-m. (gay slang) bear (hairy gay man)
3. n-m. masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
4. n-m. (cinematography) rough cut