a tray bearing a bottle and several glasses a load-bearing wall 6 SHOW/BE A SIGN OF sign/mark formal to have or show a sign, mark, or particular appearance, especially when this shows that something has happened or is true SYN have The letter bore no signature. 5 support SUPPORT/HOLD UP to be under something and support it SYN hold My leg was painful, and I wasn’t sure it would bear my weight. bear the responsibility/blame etc Developed countries bear much of the responsibility for environmental problems. Fares have gone up, perhaps to more than the market will bear. 2 → can’t bear something 3 → bear (something) in mind 4 accept/be responsible for formal PAY FOR to be responsible for or accept something bear the costs/burden Each company will bear half the costs of development. Register In everyday English, people usually say that they can’t stand something, rather than that they can't bear it: I couldn’t stand the noise any longer. Experts were worried the financial system would not be able to bear the strain. Passengers could be insulting, and stewardesses just had to grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining ). Black people continue to bear the brunt of most racial violence (=have to deal with the most difficult or damaging part ). The humiliation was more than he could bear. Overcrowding makes prison life even harder to bear. S2 W2 verb ( past tense bore / bɔː $ bɔːr /, past participle borne / bɔːn $ bɔːrn / ) 1 deal with something BRAVE to bravely accept or deal with a painful, difficult, or upsetting situation SYN stand She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to bear the pain.Bearably ≠ unbearably From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Birth ldoce_705_z bear bear 1 / beə $ ber /
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