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# bear

«bear» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big, strong animal with thick fur, like a brown bear…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (bear, bears); verb (bear, bears, bore, borne, bearing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bear is a big, strong animal with thick fur, like a brown bear, polar bear or black bear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#m1)

2) A teddy bear is a soft toy bear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#m2)

3) To bear means to carry or hold up a weight: the bridge can bear 10 tons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#m3)

4) To bear something also means to put up with it: I cannot bear the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#m4)

5) To bear fruit is to grow fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: an animal or a teddy bear counted; «can bear 10 tons» is a limit, the most it can hold. In science: bears hibernate (sleep through winter); polar bears live in the Arctic. Safety: in parks with bears, keep food locked away and never go near a bear. Phrases: teddy bear, polar bear, bear in mind, cannot bear, bear weight, bear left (keep to the left).

### examples

- There are 12 teddy bears on the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x1)
- A bear ate 6 fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x2)
- Each bear sleeps 5 months a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x3)
- The bridge can bear 10 tons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x4)
- Polar bears live in the Arctic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x5)
- Goldilocks met three bears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x6)
- Bear in mind that the shop closes early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x7)
- I cannot bear spiders! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x8)
- The apple tree bears fruit in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x9)
- I cannot bear it any longer! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/#x10)

### note

Homophone: «bare» (with nothing on) sounds the same. Verb past «bore», «borne». Just the thing counted. Trap: «can bear 10 tons» is a limit, the most it can hold.

### In the corpora

- [When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/0/)
- ["We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/7/)
- [There are eight species of bear, and the koala is not one of them but a marsupial.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/5/)
- [Brown bears, including grizzlies, catch salmon at waterfalls in autumn to build up fat before winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/9/)
- [Black and brown bear cubs are born in the den in midwinter and are only about the size of a guinea pig.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.