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For the verb: "to bear"

Simple Past:	bore
Past Participle:	borne, born

bear
A	noun
	1	bear
			massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna ╚chordate ╚vertebrate; craniate ╚mammal ╚placental; placental mammal; eutherian; eutherian mammal ╚carnivore ╚bear ╚sloth bear; Melursus ursinus; Ursus ursinus ╚ice bear; polar bear; Ursus Maritimus; Thalarctos maritimus ╚Asiatic black bear; black bear; Ursus thibetanus; Selenarctos thibetanus ╚American black bear; black bear; Ursus americanus; Euarctos americanus ╚bruin ╚brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos
	2	bear
			an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚capitalist ╚investor ╚bear
B	verb
	1	wear, bear
			have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
		Category Tree: have; feature ╚wear, bear
	2	give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
			give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚produce; bring forth ╚give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have ╚have a bun in the oven; bear; carry; gestate; expect ╚litter ╚lamb ╚kitten ╚foal ╚drop ╚twin
	3	have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
			be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚produce; bring forth ╚give birth; deliver; bear; birth; have ╚have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
	4	digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
			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"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚react; respond ╚accept; consent; go for ╚permit; allow; let; countenance ╚digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up ╚pay ╚sit out ╚take; undergo; submit ╚take a joke ╚take lying down ╚bear up ╚stand for; hold still for ╚accept; live with; swallow
	5	bear
			move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transport; carry ╚bear ╚piggyback ╚frogmarch
	6	hold, carry, bear
			support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

	7	bear, turn out
			bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚bear, turn out ╚fruit ╚overbear ╚crop ╚seed ╚spin off
	8	yield, pay, bear
			bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚gain; take in; clear; make; earn; realize; realise; pull in; bring in ╚yield, pay, bear ╚pay off ╚net; clear
	9	bear, take over, accept, assume
			take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
		Category Tree: take ╚bear, take over, accept, assume ╚face the music; carry-the can
	10	bear, hold
			have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"
		Category Tree: have; have got; hold ╚bear, hold
	11	behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
			behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
		Category Tree: hold; carry; bear ╚behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry ╚pose; posture ╚walk around ╚deal ╚assert; put forward ╚fluster
	12	bear
			have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
		Category Tree: have; feature ╚bear ╚carry
	13	hold, bear, carry, contain
			contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
		Category Tree: include ╚hold, bear, carry, contain ╚enclose; hold in; confine ╚surround; environ; encircle; circle; round; ring ╚retain

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