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bearing [bair-ing] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
bear [bair]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring
Synonyms: buck, carry, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, lug, move, pack, take, tote, transfer, transport
Notes: bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal
Antonyms: refuse, take, throw away
Main Entry: bear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: endure
Synonyms: abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, put up with, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, shun
Main Entry: bear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give birth
Synonyms: be delivered of, beget, breed, bring forth, create, develop, engender, form, fructify, generate, invent, make, parturitate, produce, propagate, provide, reproduce, yield
Antonyms: be unproductive
Example Sentences
  • Important fruit-bearing trees such as palms, socoró, and yellow mombim thrive in the rich soils.
  • Legend has it that he would sleep in his chair, holding ball bearings in the palms of his hands.
  • Friends come bearing cookies for a relaxed party and sweet holiday .
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Main Entry: bearing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's conduct, posture
Synonyms: address, air, aspect, attitude, behavior, carriage, comportment, demeanor, deportment, display, front, look, manner, mien, poise, port, pose, presence, set, stand
Main Entry: bearing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: significance
Synonyms: application, connection, import, meaning, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, weight
Main Entry: bearing/bearings
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: position, usually of water vehicle
Synonyms: aim, course, direction, location, orientation, point of compass, position, situation, track, way, whereabouts
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: submit to, put up with
Synonyms: accept, acknowledge, be big about, bear, bear with, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, live with, put up with, receive, sit tight, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand
Antonyms: despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun
Main Entry: accept
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put up with
Synonyms: acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, assent, bear, bear with, bow, capitulate, defer to, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, endure, fit in, go along with, live with, play the game, recognize, respect, sit still for, stand, stand for, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, yield to
Notes: accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out'
Antonyms: demur, disallow, reject
Main Entry: accept
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: receive by agreeing, consenting
Synonyms: accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affirm, agree to, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, buy, check out*, comply, concur with, cooperate with, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, go for, lap up, okay, recognize, rubber-stamp, set store by, sign, sign off on, take on*, take one up on, thumbs up, undertake
Antonyms: decline, disagree, refuse
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