Engels Woord van de dag

bear

beer

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Engels > Nederlands

bear

1. (je) draagt

2. (we) dragen

3. (we) verdragen

4. dragen, torsen

5. beer, berin

Engels > Engels

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.

Nederlands > Engels

beer

1. n-m. (topics, Ursids) A bear, any member of the family Ursidae

De beer drinkt bier. - The bear drinks beer.

2. n-m. (metaphor) A person who is physically impressive and/or crude

Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he? - What a bear of a guy there in front, huh?

3. n-m. (topics, Male animals) boar (male swine)

De kinderboerderij heeft een aantal zeugen en maar één beer. - The petting zoo has a number of sows and only one boar.

4. n-m. buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building

5. n-m. A boar-shaped type of battering ram

6. n-m. A male badger

7. n-m. (now dialectal) liquid, notably human manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize)

Wie doet er nu beer in zijn bier? Ik haat beer! - Who in the world would put liquid manure in his beer? I hate manure!

8. n-m. (student slang) debt

Door haar gokverslaving zat ze met een enorme beer opgescheept. - Due to her gambling addiction she was saddled with an enormous debt.

9. n-m. (student slang) creditor (one to whom one owes debt)

Henry zag niet zijn beren op de weg, maar wel bij hem op de stoep. - Henry didn't see his creditors on the road, but he did see them on his doorstep.

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

What?! You ate my chocolate bear?!
    Wat?! Je hebt mijn chocolade beer opgegeten?!
The bear is eating an apple.
    De beer is een appel aan het eten.
I can't bear the noise any longer.
    Ik kan dit lawaai niet meer verdragen.
This misery is more than I can bear.
    Dit is meer ellende dan ik kan verdragen.
I cannot bear the pain any more.
    Ik kan niet meer tegen deze pijn.

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