What is the meaning of bear?

noun

• Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
• 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.

verb

• Have.
  • usage: "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
• Cause to be born.
  • usage: "My wife had twins yesterday"
  • synonyms: give birth, deliver, birth, have
• Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
• Move while holding up or supporting.
  • usage: "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: turn out
• Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
  • usage: "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
  • synonyms: take over, accept, assume
• Contain or hold; have within.
  • usage: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
  • synonyms: hold, carry, contain
• Bring in.
  • usage: "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually"
  • synonyms: yield, pay
• Have on one's person.
  • usage: "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
  • synonyms: wear
• Behave in a certain manner.
  • usage: "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
  • synonyms: behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry
• Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.
  • usage: "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"
  • synonyms: hold
• Support or hold in a certain manner.
  • usage: "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
  • synonyms: hold, carry
• Be pregnant with.
  • usage: "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
  • synonyms: have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect