bear

US /bɛr/

UK /bɛː/

A2

verb

  • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
  • To accept or suffer the weight of difficulties
  • To keep moving left or right while going forward
  • To show (sign of something)
  • To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge

noun

  • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
  • Someone who expects stock market to fall

Examples

Do parents have to bear the whole cost of tuition fees? You must bear at least some responsibility for what has happened.

Don't leave me alone. I wouldn't be able to bear it. How can you bear this awful noise? We could hardly bear to be outdoors in the blinding sunlight.